M12 Final Flashcards
Agrammatism Syntactic deficit
characterized by omission of function words and grammatical inflections; semantic aspects of language remain intact
Difficulty accessing a word from one’s mental vocabulary
Anomia
Occurs around 10 months in a normally developing child; infant use of stress and intonations where voice is attempting to sound like adult speech patterns
Vocalizations
The use, function, or purpose of communication as it is used in a social context; also known as pragmatic language
Social Language
referring to a set of words the child knows. Two types: receptive - words child understands and expressive - words child uses.
Vocabulary
disorders that involve the semantics/word meanings; difficulty understanding vocabulary
Semantic expressive disorders
difficulty with the production of speech sounds and with associated rules for the sound system
Phonological Disorder
a speech act or utterance that produces an effect on the listener, intended or not.
Perlocutionary act
It refers to a disorder in a group of basic developmental functions including socialization and communication.
PDD An acronym for: Pervasive Development Disorder.
the list of words (like a dictionary) belonging to a particular subject. For example, Harry Potter and Star Wars both have different lexicons. Your glossary for this course is a lexicon
Lexicon
characterized by minimal to no verbal speech
Nonfluent aphasia
Damage from head injury that evolves over a period of hours to days after the trauma
Secondary brain damage
two or more people with similar focus of attention
Mutual gaze
a substantial delay in talking that is secondary to another diagnosis
Nonspecific expressive language disorder
Language
socially shared rules that govern the use of words
the words are not understandable to the listener but speaker thinks it’s correct
Phonemic jargon
understanding concepts communicated through a language
Language comprehension
Aware of surroundings
Localization
Repetition of a word, phrase, or activity
Perseveration
talking about pragmatic or social skills (??doesn’t meta mean “thinking bout”?)
Metapragmatics
interpretation of a message using the entire message to decipher the meaning – a person understands a message by using all knowledge and experiences
Gestalt method
Invented words that have no true meaning but that adhere to the phonological rules of a given language
Neologism
neurological impairment affecting an individual’s ability to program, organize, plan, and execute movements of the speech muscles.
aphasia
when you say a word that represents something that is similar in meaning
Association errors
