Phonological Development

Question 1

Reflexive/Vegetative Noises

Answer 1

1-8 Weeks
Understand different noises get different responses from parents.
Understand interactive nature of turn taking.

Question 2

Cooing Stage

Answer 2

8-20 Weeks
Short vowel-like sounds usually preceded by a consonant sound towards back of the mouth.
Can laugh at this point.

Question 3

Vocal Play

Answer 3

20-30 Weeks
Experiment with pitch, volume and vowel sounds.

Question 4

Babbling

Answer 4

30-50 Weeks

Understand gesture and body language
Are able to imitate noises

Question 5

Melodic Utterances

Answer 5

Children pick up melody, rhythm and intonation of their mother tongue.

Question 6

Holophrastic Stage

Answer 6

12-18 Months
Children have made their first 50 words
60% of first words are nouns.

Question 7

Two-Word Stage

Answer 7

18 Months
Two word utterances
Grammar begins to emerge and its usually syntactically correct

Question 8

Telegraphic Stage

Answer 8

2-3 years
Children begin to form longer sentences however will still omiss:
-Determiners
-Primary Auxiliary Verbs
-Verb endings
-Conjunctions
-Prepositions

Question 9

Processes in the Early Stages

Answer 9

-Addition
-Deletion
-Reduplication
-Substitution
-Consonant cluster reduction
-Consonant Inversion
-Deletion of unstressed syllables
-Assimilation

Question 10

What is deletion?

Answer 10

Sometimes children will delete the last sound and maybe swap others around.

Question 11

What is addition?

Answer 11

The repetition of particular sounds and structures.
E.g Dogg(ie)

Question 12

What is reduplication?

Answer 12

The repetition of the whole syllable.
E.g. Choochoo