Phonological Development Flashcards
What are phonemes?
Smallest sound units in the English Language
What are Graphemes?
Smallest parts of writing
What is a simpler term for Graphemes?
Letters
What are morphemes?
Smallest units of words with meaning
What does IPA stand for?
International Phonetic Alphabet
How many phonemes are there in the IPA?
44
What did Shriberg find?
Tendency to learn consonant phonemes in an order
What are the names of Shribergs 3 stages of child speech sound mastering?
Early 8Middle 8 Late 8
What type of word class do children master first?
Consonants
Do children master fricative or plosive consonants first?
Plosive
Do vowels or consonants come first in infant speech?
Vowels
Who found the ‘fis’ phenomenon?
Berko and Brown
Explain the ‘fis’ phenomenon
Child played with toy fish and called it ‘fis’. When adults say ‘fish’ the baby corrects them
What does the ‘fis’ phenomenon show about children?
Understand phonological differences even if they can’t make the correct sounds yet
What does the ‘fis’ phenomenon show with linguistic comprehension?
Develops before learning how to make distinct sounds
How many child language sound making processes are there?
7
What is the mnemonic to remember the child language processes?
DADS CAR
What does DADS in DADS CAR stand for?
Deletion Addition Deletion of Unstressed Syllables Substitution
What does the CAR in DADS CAR stand for?
Consonant Cluster Reduction Assimilation Reduplication
How old are babies when they can identify their mother’s voice?
3 days old
Who did the study to find the age of babies when they can distinguish their mothers voice?
DeCasper and Fifer
How old are babies when they can distinguish sentences in other languages from their mother’s language?
4 days old
Who found out how old babies were when distinguishing mothers language from foreign languages?
Mehler et al
