Communication and Language Chap. 9 Flashcards
What is the term to describe infants ability to detect phonemes of any language?
Preceding babbling
When does preceding babbling disappear?
Disappears by 10-12 months
Phonemes
smallest unit of sound in language
Morphemes
smallest unit of meaning in a language
semantics
the meaning of words
syntax
rules for arranging words in symbols in sentences or parts of sentences
pragmatics
communicative function of language, rules for effective communication (concise, relevance)
what is prosidy
infant directed speech, intonation or a pattern of sound that is highly salient to the infant and keeps their attention
when does ‘cooing’ start?
cooing starts at 6 mos.
when does ‘babbling’ begin
babbling begins 5-6 mos.
when do one-word and two-word utterances begin?
one-word utterances begin at 12 months and 18 months, respectively .
when does a children sentence phase begin?
sentence phase in toddlers begins between 21/2 to 3 years
what is fast mapping
“an explosion of vocabulary”
or rapidly connecting new words to their meaning
when is the sensitive period
the expose to learn a language or ‘sensitive period’ from 1st year of life around age 12
What did Chomsky do
He declares that humans are ‘built to speak’. He created the Language acquisition device
