First Words Flashcards
When do is the single-word phase?
12-18m
What are the most popular categories of first words in 50% of 12-18m infants?
- People
- Animals
- Toys/common objects
- Body parts
- Clothes
- Foods
- Social
- Prepositions
- Sounds
- Descriptive
When do first words emerge?
10-16m
When do the first 50 words emerge?
18-24m (6m after first words emerge)
How is the distribution of the first 50 words?
- Nouns and pronouns: 2/3, first
2. Relational verbs: 1/3
When does the infant express 200 words and word combinations?
By 24m
What does the Overlap between Form, content and use represent?
Integration to understand and transmit messages successfully
What aspect of language does Speech sound disorder affect?
Form (phonology)
What aspect of language does Language disorder affect?
Form (morphology and syntax) and Content (semantics)
What aspect of language does Social comm disorder affect?
Use (pragmatics)
How do the 3 aspects of language apply to first words?
Form: how word is used
Content: word/sentences to express a variety of meanings
Use: variety of comm functions
When do infants demonstrate word comprehension for common nouns?
6-9m
What are the typical categories infants comprehend?
“Food” and “Body”
After how many repetitions do infants learn nouns for highly salient objects?
5
Around how many words do 10m infants understand?
10
What are the different word classes that early vocabulary comprise of?
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Socio-pragmatic words
- Words for routines/situations
What are the steps in collecting single word data?
- Gather
- Sort
- Analyse
What type of context does single word data sampling require?
Natural