Competency 0002 Flashcards
receptive language
The ability to understand language (comprehension)
The ability to understand speech, written text, and/or the elements of sign language
expressive language
The ability to express oneself using language (production)
This includes the ability to speak, write, and/or sign
Children who stutter have
An expressive language impairment, but their receptive language may be normal.
Children with hearing impairments
have a receptive language impairment
may not have difficulties expressing themselves (expressive language)
Children who are deaf..
May experience impairments in reception and expressive language
Phonology
Refers to speech sounds
Phoneme
distinct sound used to distinguish spoken words
Example: the word “sick” consists of three phonemes /s/, /i/, /k/
The word “six” consists of four phonemes /s/, /i/, /k/, /s/
About how many phonemes does the English language contain?
About 45 phonemes
Semantics
refers to the meaning of parts of words, sentences, and larger units.
Important part of semantic development?
Vocabulary acquisition
Grammer
refers to the rules that govern the structure of language
Grammar can be further divided into what two systems of rules?
Syntax and morphology
Syntax
Pertains to rules governing the placement of words in phrases, clauses, and sentences.
Example: You would say “Steve is here now” or “Steve is now here” but it is incorrect to say “Steve here is now”
Morphology
Refers to rules governing the use of morphemes or the smallest parts of words that contribute to meaning.
Pragmatics
whatever contributes to meaning over and above the literal meanings of the words that are used
example: taking turns, facial expressions, social behaviors
