Lexical Development Flashcards
Utterance
a stretch or continuous unit of speech.
Morphology
the study of word structure, especially in terms of morphemes.
Referent:
the object or person in the real world to which a sound consistently relates.
Plural
the marking of a noun to indicate how many are being talked about.
Possession
the marking of a word to indicate that it possesses or owns something.
Productive vocabulary
the words a child can actually speak.
Holophrase
a one-word utterance that is used to communicate more than the one word on its own.
Hyponym
a word within a hypernym’s category (i.e. apple NOT fruit) (same for
Hypernym
a category into which other words fit (i.e. fruit NOT apple)
Telegraphic
the stage during which children use three or more words, usually omitting grammatical words (i.e. determiners, auxiliary verbs and prepositions (the harder ones to define)) but keeping lexical words (i.e. nouns, verbs and adjectives)
Post-telegraphic
the stage after telegraphic during which many of the omitted words from the stage before start to appear (i.e. auxiliary verbs, prepositions, etc.)
Mutual Exclusivity Assumption
The belief that something cannot be two things at once. eg. a poodle cannot be a dog and an animal.
Categorical Overextension
a. The name for one member of a category is extended to all members of the category.
b. Apple used for all round fruit.
Analogical Overextension
a. A word for one object is extended to one in a different category; some physical connection:
b. Cat for all fluffy things.
Mismatch Statements
a. One-word sentences that appear abstract: child makes a statement about one object in relation to another.
b. Saying ‘duck’ when looking at an empty pond.
