Early Speech Development

Question 1

What are the Components of Language?

Answer 1

1) Syntax (Form)
2) Morphology (Form)
3) Phonology (Form)
4) Semantics (Content)
5) Pragmatics (Use)

Question 2

What are the Theoretical Approaches to First Language Learning?

Answer 2

1) Behaviourism
2) Innatism
3) Interactionism-structuralism

Question 3

What does Behaviourism focus on?

Answer 3

Observable & Physical

Question 4

What does Innatism focus on?

Answer 4

Unobservable: Language-acquisition Device

Question 5

What is the Critical Period Hypothesis?

Answer 5

A primal period for language acquisition before puberty

Question 6

What does Interactionism focus on?

Answer 6

Individual

Question 7

What does Structuralism focus on?

Answer 7

Culture

Question 8

What is Transformational Generative Grammar?

Answer 8

Innate grammatical structure underlying all human languages

Question 9

What are the strong arguments for Chomsky?

Answer 9

Prefrontal synthesis acquisition (conscious purposeful process of synthesising novel mental images)

Question 10

What are the weak arguments for Chomsky?

Answer 10

1) Phoneme Tuning
2) Grammar Processing
3) Articulation Control
4) Vocab Acquisition
5) Music Training
6) Auditory Processing

Question 11

What are the stages of Early Speech Development?

Answer 11

1) 6-12m
2) 1-2y
3) 2-3y
4) 3-4y
5) 4-5y
6) 5-6y
7) 6-7y
8) 7-8y