Review Flashcards
What is the Bloom and Lahey Model?
Shows you how a child’s expressive language progresses as the child gets older in 8 stages.
What did Bloom and Lahey divide language into?
3 separate but connected parts: form, content, and use
What is form?
grammar which includes the shape and structure of language; it consists of morphology, phonology, and syntax
What is content?
vocabulary and semantics
What is use?
pragmatics, social communication
What is additive language and when does it occur?
when a child’s language expresses the joining of two events, objects, or states without either thing depending on each other; this occur in stages 5-6 of Bloom and Lahey’s model when the child is 3-4 years old.
What is causal language and when does it occur?
when a child’s language expresses cause-effect relationships; this is when one event depends on another event. This occurs in stages 5-6 of Bloom and Lahey’s model when the child is 3-4 years old
What is specification and when does it occur?
when a child’s language expresses a certain person, object, or event using this, the, and that. Occurs in stages 5-6 of Bloom and Lahey’s model when the child is 3-4 years old.
What is dative language and when does it occur?
When a child’s language expresses that something or someone is receiving an object or an action; they may or may not use the prepositions for or to. This occurs in stages 5-6 of Bloom and Lahey’s model when the child is 3-4 years old.
What is an example of additive language?
I eat here. You eat there.
What is an example of causal language?
Don’t eat! It’s hot.
What is an example of specification?
This man took my cookie.
What is an example of dative language?
He made it for me.
What does it mean when a child’s language is described as epistemic?
A child uses words like “think” and “know” to refer to a relationship between two people, things, or states.
At what age is a child’s language expression epistemic, adversative, and communicative?
4-5 years old.
What does it mean when a child’s language is described as adversative?
a child uses the word “but” to contrast two events or states of being. Example: This food is hot, but this cup is cold
What does it mean when a child’s language expresses communication?
They use words about communicating such as like, say, ask, and tell. Example: Mommy tells daddy to play dolls with me.
At 4 to 5 years old, what does a child’s language express?
epistemic, adversative, and communication
What does it mean when a child’s language is epistemic?
Child’s language expresses that they know something; they point out a relationship between two states or affairs using words such as “know”, “think”, or “remember”. For example, “I know that mommy goes to bed at 8.”
What does it mean when a child’s language is adversative?
A child’s language express difference between two states or events using the word but. For example, this cat is brown, but this cat is black.
What does it mean when a child’s language is communication?
Child express instances or activities where communication has occurred using words such as like say, ask, and tell. For example, My daddy tells me to behave in school.
What is Bloom and Lahey’s definition of context?
How people comprehend and pick from different linguistic forms to reach the same goal.
