How Do Children Acquire Speech Sounds

Question 1

What are the four forms of communication?

Answer 1

• auditory
• visual
• tactile
• chemical

Question 2

List Three Components of Communication

Answer 2

• signal generation
• signal reception
• signal transmission

Question 3

What are the three parts of the speech chain?

Answer 3

Production -> perception -> transmission

Question 4

Why are children bad at producing speech sounds?

Answer 4

LINGUISTIC LEVEL -> determine sound categories identifying features of their language

PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVEL -> immature motor ctrl / different vocal tract shape

Question 5

Phoneme

Answer 5

Distinct sound in a language, sound that makes the meaning different

I.e// [ship] v. [sip] two different phonemes

Question 6

How are vowels produced?

Answer 6

With an open vocal tract

i.e// bee

Question 7

How are consanants produced?

Answer 7

Constriction/ closure of the vocal tract at some point

i.e// light

Question 8

Name five reasons that infants differ vocally from adults

Answer 8

Infants have:
Higher larynx 
Lack of teeth 
Shorter vocal tract 
Bigger tongue

Question 9

What are the four vocal organs?

Answer 9

Larynx
Teeth
Tongue
Oral cavity

Question 10

Linguistic Level (adults)

Answer 10

• Perceive categorically instead of linearly

* sound perception is based on our language specific experiences

Question 11

Perceptual Magnet Effect

Answer 11

Perceived categories instead of physical reality