L3/4 D - Langauge development Flashcards
Why is language productive?
Finite number of units create an infinite number of utterances
What are pragmatics?
The cognitive and social skills that enable us to communicate effectively including turn-taking, initiating conversations, maintaining a dialogue and repairing faulty communications
What is phonology and morphology?
Speech sounds and how they combine to make words and utterances
What is infant directed speech?
Higher pitch/more exaggerated
More rhythmic
Short and slower
Concrete not abstract
What cues allow children to extract words from fluent speech?
Sound organisation
Statistical learning
What is prenatal detection of speech?
Newborn infants show preferences based on sounds heard in the metal period
What are reflexive vocalisations?
Sounds linked to physical state e.g. crying burping sneezing
What arises in 2-4 months?
Cooing and laughing - happy state
What is Canonical babbling?
Sound combination sound like words, no evidence that meaning is attached
What is modulated babbling?
Overlaps with meaningful speech
What is syntax?
The ways in which words are put together to make meaningful utterances
What is the 2 word stage (18-24 months)
Non random pairs
Salient, high meaning: verbs and adjectives
What are the main characteristics of early speech?
Semantically rich but gramatically sparse
What are overregularistation errors?
Past tense and wrong plurals
What are semantics?
Words and parts of words that represent a meaning
