Lexis and Semantics Flashcards

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Katherine Nelson

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> predictable patterns in words and types of words first acquired by children
1973 categories for early acquisition:
naming
actions/events
describing/modifying
personal/social

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Eva Clarke

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> ‘big’ and ‘nice’ - first 50 words
spatial adjectives are acquired later e.g. ‘wide’ ‘thick’ and ‘narrow’

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Jean Aitchinson

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3 stages of lexical development:
1. labelling
2. packaging (over/underextension occurs)
3. network building (make connections between words)

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Leslie Rescorla

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3 categories of overextension:
categorical extension - 1 member of a category is extended to all members of the category.
analogical overextension - word for 1 object for a different category based on similar physical properties
mismatch statement - 1 word utterance that are abstract (make a statement about 1 object in relation to others)

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Piaget

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> children are active learners and cognitive development influences language
children cant say the word until they understand it
‘wassat’ - children want more labels.

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words order

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18 months - approx 50 words
24 months - approx 200 words
5 years - approx 2000 words
7 years - approx 4000 words
> concrete nouns > verbs > adjectives
> age 5-7 children can say abstract nouns but determiners and prepositions are omitted.

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