development: language Flashcards
three theories of language development:
learning
nativist
interactionist
11 Important Concepts in Language Development:
psycholinguistics speech language semantics syntax pragmatics phonology phoneme morphology morpheme dialect
three areas of the brain important to language:
Broca’s area, Wernicke’s area, arcuate fasciculus
psycholinguistics:
study of language development
semantics:
study of word meaning
syntax:
proper use of grammar
pragmatics:
how language is used in the social context
phonology:
what language sounds like
phoneme:
smallest basic sound element of language
morphology:
governs the rules of word formation
morpheme:
smallest meaningful language unit
Broca’s area:
related to speech production
Wernicke’s area:
related to speech comprehension
arcuate fasciculus:
neural network connecting Broca’s area to Wernicke’s area
Milestones in Early Language Development: 3 months:
smiles when talked to
Milestones in Early Language Development: 4 months:
responds to voice by turning head
Milestones in Early Language Development: 5 months:
cooing
Milestones in Early Language Development: 6 months:
babbling
Milestones in Early Language Development: 8 months:
repeats syllables
Milestones in Early Language Development: 1 year:
understands some words
Milestones in Early Language Development: 1.5 years:
can produce about 50 one-word utterances
Milestones in Early Language Development: 2 years:
Uses some two-word phrases
Milestones in Early Language Development: 2.5 years:
vocabulary of several hundred words; speaks in short sentences
Milestones in Early Language Development: 3 years:
vocabulary of about 1000 words
Milestones in Early Language Development: 4 years:
basic rules of language consistently demonstrated.
Communication Disorders
A group of disorders that involve problems in speech, language, and hearing.
three communication disorders:
language
speech
social communication
