grammar

Question 1

virtuous errors / overgeneralisation

Answer 1

these are ‘mistakes’ a child makes whilst acquiring the language
e.g saying mouses instead of mice

Question 2

spatial adjectives

Answer 2

adjectives to do with size
these can be difficult for children
e.g the difference between big and tall

Question 3

clause of reason

Answer 3

explaining why something happens
if children do this it shows reasoning and greater logical thought (concrete operations stage 3 paiget)

Question 4

holophrases / operators

Answer 4

one word utterances to convey greater meaning
e.g ‘drink’ means ‘I want drink’

Question 5

pivot words

Answer 5

function words which occur at the beginning or ending of utterances

help with the syntax and structure of an utterance e.g prepositions, modal auxiliaries, pronouns, articles

e.g in ‘more drink’ ‘more’ is the pivot word
other examples include: all gone, other, no, all

Question 6

open words

Answer 6

the words that occur with pivots are termed open words

have meaning e.g nouns, verbs, modifiers

aka content words
e.g ‘more food’ food- open word more - pivot word

Question 7

accusative pronouns

Answer 7

object position (impacted by the verb)
e.g they love apple pies
give me a hug
he bought a new car

Question 8

nominative pronouns

Answer 8

subject position (doer of the verb)
e.g he is crying
she is a teacher
i love him