Lexical and Semantic Development: Key Terms Flashcards
What is a Referent?
The object or person to which a sound keeps relating to
What are plurals?
Where multiple nouns under the same label are being referred to
Define Possession
Marking of a word to show it owns something
What did Pinker say a word was?
A stretch of sound that expresses a concept
What is an example of a referent?
Mama’ for ‘Mummy’
What is cooing? At what age does this occur?
Vowel sounds made by children around 3 to 6 months old
What is Babbling? What age does this occur?
Repeated consonant and vowel sounds made by children around 6 to 12 months old
What are Proto-Words?
Sounds that resemble actual words but aren’t always applied to the correct label
Define Productive Vocabulary
Words a child can actually speak
Who created the 4 categories for early words of children?
Katherine Nelson
What are the 4 categories of Early words for children?
Naming Action Social Modifying
What is a modifying word type?
Where words have the same meaning but spelt and said differently
What are action words in the case of CLD?
Words related to doing something
What are social words?
Words related to social interactions
What are naming words?
Just applying labels to things
Define Holophrase
One word utterance that communicates more than the word itself
What is an overextension?
Where a child says a word but refers to too many things under that label
What is underextension?
Using too little of the labels form to give labels to something
What is a hypernym?
A category which other words fit in
What is a hyponym?
A word within a hypernyms category
Hyponym example?
Apple’ under ‘fruit’
Define Telegraphic
State where children use 3 or more words without correct grammar but keeping essential words
What is post-telegraphic?
Stage after telegraphic. Many missed grammatical words start to appear
