final exam Flashcards
phonological differences of parentese
- higher pitch
- exaggerated intonation
- clearly enunciated, slow with distinct pauses
- simple sounds, syllables and words
- reduplicated syllables
slow speaking rate of parentese
-speech to 2 year olds half the rate of adult-to-adult speech
onomatopoetic words
- owie
- bop
- kabonk
- quack
- tinkle
- meow
- chickadee
semantic differences of parentese
-limited vocabulary breakfast cookie (granola bar) -unique words goo-ee (milk) -diminutives mommy, kitty, clownie -here and now things that are present -mid level of generality car (minivan, vehicle) -vs. specific precise words **small repertoire of semantic relations
syntactic differences of parentese
- shorter utterances (smaller MLUs)
- nicely-formed units
- repetition with some additions (of self or child)
- fewer disfluencies or broken sentences
- noun phrases, verb phrases or prep phrases spoken alone
- few embedded sentences
- more content words fewer function words
- fewer statements
smaller MLU
speech to 2 year old - MLU < 4 words
speech to adult - MLU > 8 words
repititions
- 3 times more frequent in english spoken to 2 year olds than 10 year olds
- allow the child more time to comprehend what was said
single word verbless utterances
- hot
- yes
- what
- more
- name
pragmatic differences of parentese
- more commands (imperatives) and questions
- often missing you & do (subject pronouns and auxilary verbs)
- questions end with what and where at the end
- more talk about location
protoconversations
-conversation with self answering for child
model dialogues
-parent asks a question and supplies a possible answer
expatiate childs word or phrase
-use something they said in sentence or question
prompt or occassional question
- ask directly
- repeat
explicit corrections for truth
-correct the truth of what the child says, not the grammar or pronunciation
implicit corrections for truth
- child - bird house
- parent - yes that birds sitting on a nest
sentence frames
- mark off the beginnings of new words
- capture attention
- introduce new vocab
example sentence frames
- wheres
- lets play with
- look at
- heres
- theres
- thats a
- here comes
genetics and morphemes
- FOXP2 gene
- mutated form
- contribute to language
dialect regions
- eastern new england
- new york city
- middle atlantic
- west pennsylvania
- appalachian
- southern
- north central
- central midland
- northwest
- southwest
african american english
- optional morphemes
- owens
-possessive ‘s
-if word order indicates possession
get mother coat
it be mothers
-plural -s
-with a number
he got ten dollar
look at the cats
-regular past tense -ed
-might be consonant cluster reduction
yesterday i walk to school
-irregular past tense
-some verbs not others
yesterday i walk to school
-3rd person verb -s
she eat too much
-copula (main verb be)
-if contractible
he sick
spanish influenced english SIE
- optional morphemes
- owens
-possessive ‘s
-phrase after the noun
this is the homework of my brother
-plural -s
the girl are playing
-regular past tense -ed
-especially when understood from context
i talk to her yesterday
-3rd person verb -s
she eat too much
-articles
-often optional
i am going to store
7 parts of a simple sentence or main clause
timeline
- david crystal 1976
- LARSP
- language assessment remediation and screening procedure
- emergence at 2 - 21/2
- mastery at 21/2 - 3
7 parts of a simple sentence of main clause
- subject
- main verb
- direct object
- indirect object
- complement
- adverb
- auxiliary verb
subject
the sun
the sun comes out
main verb
-predicate
i went to florida
-went - i go
direct object
-a thing
he eats dog food
-dog food
indirect object
-a person
i give my grandma a birthday present
grandma
complement
- a noun or adjective
- immediately follows form of copula be or state verb (feels,seems)
- it is someones birthday party
- someone
- it is hard or it is tough
- hard, tough
adverb
- optional (none, one or several per sentence)
- tells where, how or when (about verb)
auxiliary verb
- a helping verb
- NOT the main verb
- we are dancing
- dancing
development of questions
-yes, no and wh-
klima & bellugi 1966
development of questions
early period
- MLU up to 2.0
- older than 1 year
- yes/no with rising intonation
- wh- comprehension
- understands where, answers what with where
- wh- production
- asks where what who
- puts wh- word at beginning of question
early period examples
yes/no
- fraser where?
- see hole?
- sit chair?
- no ear?
where
-where mama boot?
where kitty?
what
-what that?
what cowboy doing?
who
-who that?
development of questions
middle period
- MLU - 2.0-3.0
- 2 years old
- yes/no and wh-
- auxiliary verb missing
- negative questions
- wh- comprehension
- answers why with what or where
- wh- production
- asks why, why not with variety of words
middle period examples
yes/no
i have it?
you not want eat?
where
- where baby sarah rattle?
- where me sleep?
what
- what book name?
- what me think?
why
- why?
- why you smiling?
- why not?
- why not me drink it?
development of questions
late period
- MLU - 3.5
- 3 year old
- asks many more questions
- auxiliary verbs plentiful
- does,did,dont,are,will,can,cant
development of questions
late period
yes/no
-uses subject-auxiliary inversion
-sometimes wrong auxiliary or main verb form
(errors with number or tense agreement)
-does lions walk (3rd person, singular)
-did i caught it (double past tense)
examples
- are you going to make it with me?
- will you help me?
- cant you work this thing?
- cant you get it?
development of questions
late period
wh- comprehension & production
wh- comprehension
-comprehends greater than variety
-answers when as where
answers how as when
wh- production
- uses greater than variety
- asks how, which and some when
examples what -what i did yesterday? -what you have in your mouth? why -why he dont know how to pretend? -why kitty cant stand up? how -how he can be a doctor? -how they cant talk? which -which way they should go?
*some when and who
dialects and bilingualism
semantic differences
- alternate words
- idioms
dialects of english vary on a small set of phnemes
- l, r
- th
- clusters (blends)
- vowels
AAVE
- African American Vernacular english
- common, everyday spoken language
- more typically spoken by working class and low income backrounds
- informal situations
- for social bonds and cultural pride
- 14% of US black
phonology of african american english
/l/
- help-hep
- bill-biuh
phonology of african american english
/ð/
- they-dey
- brother - broder,brover
- breathe - breave, breed, breif
phonology of african american english
/ɵr-/
throw-thow
phonology of african american english
/pr-/
probably-pobabaly
phonology of african american english
/-ft/
-left-lef
phonology of african american english
/-st/
-last-las
grammar of african american english
1. pronouns momma she mad 2. negative nobody dont never like me i aint going 3. habitual or general state (invariant "be") she be working he be crazy 4. completed action "done" you done lost your mind 5. future i be going home to dance tonight i be home later
spanish influenced english
- Owens 2008 calls this latino english
- 17% of population in US in bilingual
- mostly spanish and english
- 16.3% of US pop is hispanic or latino
- fastest growing ethnic/race group in US
- 97-07 grew 56%
- grew 35% in under 18 years
vowel system in spanish
- spanish has a 5 vowel sysetm
- mostly the tense vowels of english
- long vowels not short or lax
- *except /a/ as in hot
5 spanish vowels
/i/ - see /e/ - play /u/ - tune /o/ - boat /a/ - hot
phonology when spanish influences english
/p/
-party-barty
phonology when spanish influences english
/j/
-yes-jes
phonology when spanish influences english
/ʃ/
- sheep-cheap
- washer-watcher
- wish-which
phonology when spanish influences english
/tʃ/
- chair-share
- catcher-casher
- watch-wash
phonology when spanish influences english
/dʒ/
- jump-dump
- refrigerator - refriyerator
- bridge - brish
phonology when spanish influences english
/ɵ/
- thin - tin,sin
- bath - bash