Language Development Flashcards
What is Phonological development?
Learning about the sound system of a language
What is semantic development?
learning about expressing meaning
What is syntactic development?
Learning about how words go together
What is pragmatic knowledge?
cultural rules
What is metalinguistic knowledge?
knowing about the properties of language
What is the critical period?
A period of up to five years where learning is faster. The wild children like Genie who didn’t hear language up to that point have no language skills and can hardly learn. This is why it’s harder to learn a second language
When does infant speech perception begin?
In the womb
What is the evidence that infants can perceive speech?
Head turning/sucking is used to see if they can discriminate between sounds and different languages
What are the foundations of speech production?
babbliing and hand gestures at 6-10months
how do children learn words?
Other people
Contrast
Fast mapping
Social pragmatics
How do children learn words off people?
use of infant directed talk
Use joint attention
Play label games
How do children learn words through contrast?
There is the assumption that an object will only have one name so they contrast that with a familar word
How do children learn words through fast mapping?
Learning the referent of a new word with only a brief experience with that word/object
How do children learn words through social pragmatics?
children pay attention to social cues provided by people in their environment.
useful in ambiguous situations
