CLA: Examples Flashcards
Lexis
- What are children’s most common early words?
- What trends are there in children’s vocabulary development?
Semantics
Errors in meaning
* What errors do children often make with word meaning?
* Do children understand more about what words mean than they can produce in their own language?
Phonology
- What sounds come first for most children?
- What kinds of errors do children make in sound production?
- intonation e.g. lack of question word / cds
Syntax
Stages and word combinations
* What stages do children go through?
* What kinds of words do children combine?
* e.g. telegraphic, two-word
Morphology
- What word endings do children use and why are they significant?
- Which common morphology errors have you studied?
- e.g. afixes ‘un’
- derivational morphology ‘de’
- word endings - tenses
Pragmatics
- How do areas such as politeness and inference develop as children get older?
- How do children behave in conversations with others as they develop?
- e.g. turn taking
G: Only mans[1] do dat[2]?
D: What did you say?
G: Only daddies do dat[2]?
Dad (D) drawing curtains at bedtime with daughter (G)
- Overgeneralisation of plural suffix
- Substitution
D: Why you washing dem[1]?
G: Someone did a wee in the bed
D: I not did that[2]
Dad and daughter talking at breakfast
- Telegraphic stage/ellipsis of auxiliary verb.
- Substitution.
- Incomplete formation of past tense negative.
D: I’ve got an orange here or an apple. Do you
want an orange?
G: I want another one apple[1]
D: Ok
G: What you doing[2]?
D: This? I’m peeling this potato
G: Peeling tato[3]?
Dad and daughter talking at lunchtime
- Misapplication of determiner/pronoun.
- Telegraphic stage/ellipsis of auxiliary verb.
- Deletion of unstressed syllable.
- Ellipsis of auxiliary verb? Incomplete utterance using intonation to signal question.
D: How was nursery today?
G: Molly did hit me[1] at nursery. Julie told off her[2].
Dad and daughter talking about day at nursery and childminder
- Incomplete formation of past tense (unnecessary
use of auxiliary verb – did) - Insecure use of phrasal verb (adult version would
be “told her off”.