Developing Speech 6 - Categorising First Words Flashcards
The first category Nelson identified was. . .
Naming words.
__________ ______ indentified four categories for first words.
Katherine Nelson
The second category Nelson identified was. . .
Action and event words.
The third category Nelson identified was. . .
Describing and modifying words.
The fourth and final category Nelson identified was. . .
Personal and social words.
She found that __ % of first words were nouns (the naming group).
60
_____ formed the second largest group and were used with action or location words like ‘up’ and ‘down’.
Verbs.
_________ came third.
Modifiers
8% of the sample was made up of ________/______ words.
Personal/social
First words are often ______ or ________ nouns.
- proper
- concrete
Early vocabulary contains _______ words.
Content
Content words consist of. . .
- nouns
- verbs
- adjectives
________ words are acquired later on in speech acquisition.
Function.
Function words consist of. . .
- determiners
- prepositions
- auxiliary verbs
