Lexical Development

Question 1

What is meant by Lexis?

Answer 1

words

Question 2

What are noun?

Answer 2

Naming words such as people, places, things and feelings

Question 3

What are the different types of nouns?

Answer 3

Common nouns (concrete and abstract) and Proper nouns

Question 4

What are verbs?

Answer 4

They express actions, states or sensations. They are the most obligatory part of clauses. They can also function alone.

Question 5

What are adjectives?

Answer 5

Words which modify or describe a pronoun or noun.

Question 6

What are adverbs?

Answer 6

They modify other lexis.

Question 7

What age do babies start to produce recognisable words?

Answer 7

Around 12 months

Question 8

What is a holophrase?

Answer 8

Single words that carry a more complex meaning

Question 9

What did Katherine Nelson (1973) find out about a baby’s first 50 words?

Answer 9

She classified there first words as:
1. Naming things of people; ball, daddy, milk
2. Actions/Events; down ,more, up
3. Describing/modifying things; dirty, nice
4. Personal words: hi, bye-bye