Child language terminology Flashcards
Deletion
deleting/omitting a sound
Addition
adding a sound into a word
Assimilation
borrowing a sound from elsewhere in the word
Substitution
Hard sounds are replaced with easier ones
Phoneme
a unit of sound
Consonant clusters
a group of consonants together in a word
Reduplicated monosyllable
Sounds that are repeated eg ‘dada’
Phonemic expansion
increase in number of phonemes produced
Phonemic contraction
reduction in number of phonemes produced
Velar consonants
sounds produced by tongue on the soft palate eg ‘k’ ‘g’
Alveolar consonants
sounds produced by tongue on ridge above teeth. eg ‘nuh’ ‘duh’
Bilabial consonants
sounds produced by bringing lips together eg ‘b’ ‘p’ ‘m’
Vegetative state
basic biological noises
Categorical extension
using a specific word in reference to something wider eg calling all men dad
Analogical overextension
associating unrelated objects that have something in common
Predicate overextension
conveying a meaning related to absence eg ‘milk’ when looking at table
Underextension
using a wide meaning lexis in place of a specific thing
Hypernyms
a category
Hyponyms
examples within a category
Labelling
associating objects with sounds
Network building
making connections between words
Packaging
understanding the extent of a word
Productive vocab
language the child can produce
Receptive vocab
language a child can understand
Holophrase
a single word representing a whole sentence
