Grammatical development

Question 1

Grammar

Answer 1

young children are more likely to use simple, shorter, grammatically incomplete sentences. Older children will demonstrate variety, incorporate both simple & complex conjunctions with more grammatically complex sentences.

Question 2

Jean Berko Gleason (1958)

Answer 2

The Wug test shows that grammar incorporates a child’s understanding of plural forms.

Question 3

Roger Brown (1973)

Answer 3

outlined 5 stages of language development that focused on the child’s grammatical development. The appearance of bound and unbound morphemes (MLU) Slowly appear.

Question 4

Bellugi (1971) pronoun acquisition

Answer 4

1. child uses name, 2. will have comprehension but not able to produce, 3. able to apply subject & object pronouns

Question 5

Bellugi (1966) negative acquisition

Answer 5

1. no like book, 2. me not going, 3. i’m not happy (copula verb/to be)

Question 6

Bellugi (1966) question formation

Answer 6

using rising intonation of single, then multiple words within an utterance to signify a question: ‘bedtime?’

Question 7

Passive sentences

Answer 7

they can only repeat active sentences

Question 8

The inversion rule

Answer 8

‘he is sad’ becomes ‘is he sad?’

Question 9

Virtuous error

Answer 9

a mistake that has an underlying logic, showing that learning has taken place. Can link to morphemes.