Early Language (from Praxis book) Flashcards
what stage of pragmatic development is between birth-8-months, adults inferencing communicative intent from unintentional, vegetative behaviors such as the infant’s cough or burp?
perlocutionary stage (pg.80)
what stage is between 8-12 months, use of gestures and vocalizations but no words to express intentions to communicate, infants show objects and shortly after give objects over t adults to initiate interactions, infants use rituals and pointing
illocutionary stage (pg. 80)
what stage is between 12 months and beyond, use words to express intentions to communicate, gestures and other nonverbal behaviors become integrated with spoken language
locutionary state (pg.80)
____ refers to deleting already said information even if it results in an ungrammatical sentences
-ellipsis (pg.81)
____ are words or gestures that rely on context to glean their meaning
- deixis (pg.81)
- such as pointing and using personal or other pronouns (this, that, here, there)
_______ such as saying “ball” for “moon” indicates that a child thinks a word’s meaning is more broadly applied
overgeneralization (pg.85)
____ such as only saying the child’s “dog” is a dog but not other dogs indicates a child thinks a word’s meaning is too restricted or narrow
under generalization (pg.85)
Theories of Language Development
Behavioral Theory -Skinner (1957)
Nativist Theory-Chomsky
Social interactionism theory- Vygotsky
Cognitive theory -Piaget
Cognitive theory
Piaget
Language acquisition is made possible by cognition and general intellectual processes
Social interactionism theory
Children increasingly use language internally to structure their actions and direct their thoughts, cultural tools play a critical role
Zone of proximal development: difference between what a child can do with/without assistance
Vygotsky
Nativist Theory
Chomsky
- Theory of syntax
- Syntactic structures are essence of language and language is a produce of unique human mind
- Children are born with innate capacity to learn language
Behavioral Theory
skinner
- Acquisition of verbal behavior
- Verbal behaviors are acquired under conditions of stimulation, response and reinforcement
- Due to learning not innate mechanisms
- Environment and social interaction are important
Sentence classifications
passive active interrogatives declaratives imperatives exclamatory
passive sentences
subject receives action of the verb
the car was petted by Mark
active
Subject performs the actions of the verb
mark petted the cat
interrogatives
questions
declaratives
make statements
imperatives
state commands
shut the door