stages of speech development Flashcards
what are the 4 stages in order?
holophrastic, two word, telegraphic, post telegraphic
what is the first stage called?
holophrastic stage
at what age does the holophrastic stage occur?
12-18 months
define the holophrastic stage
individual words are used to communicate more than a single word’s meaning
what is the second stage called?
two-word stage
at what age does the two word stage occur?
18-24 months
define the two word stage
recognition of syntactic relationship between two words
what is the third stage called?
telegraphic
at what age does the telegraphic stage occur?
2-3 years
define the telegraphic stage
sentences make sense but lack fully formed grammatical structures
what is the fourth stage called?
post-telegraphic
at what age does the post-telegraphic stage occur?
3 years onwards
define the post telegraphic stage
utterances more closely resembles adult speech.
what stage did katherine nelson research in 1973?
holophrastic stage
what year did katherine nelson research the holophastic stage?
1973
what did katherine nelson find in her 1973 research on the holophrastic stage?
she found that 60% of the first 50 words were concrete nouns followed by actions, modifiers, social or personal words
what did katherine nelson see that concrete nouns were followed by?
actions, modifiers, social or personal words
what did katherine nelson see in children’s vocabulary as a result of caregivers’ use?
diminutives
what did katherine nelson observe the first words to be associated with?
the child’s environment
what year did micheal halliday construct his 7 functions of initial language use theory?
1975
what are halliday’s 7 functions of initial language?
instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, informative, heuristic, imaginative
define hallidays term: instrumental function of language
language used to fulfil a need
define hallidays term: regulatory function of language
language used to influence the behaviour of others
define hallidays term: interactional function of language
language used to develop relationships and ease interaction
define hallidays term: personal function of language
language that expresses personal opinions, attitudes and feelings
define hallidays term: informative function of language
language used to request or relay information
define hallidays term: heuristic function of language
language used to explore, learn and discover
define hallidays term: imaginative function of language
language used to tell stories of imaginary constructs
what year did jean aitchison study the holophrastic stage?
1997
what stage of child speech development did jean aitchison study in 1997?
holophrastic stage
what age did jean aitchison suggest that children will start to understand that everything has a label?
18 months
what is jean aitchison’s process of children understanding that everything has a label called?
naming insight
what did jean aitchison suggest is followed by naming insight?
naming explosion
what year did roger brown study the two-word stage?
1973
what stage of speech development did roger brown study in 1973?
two-word stage
what did roger brown suggest in 1973 about the two-word stage?
suggested that combinations of words placed together follow a limited range of patterns
define the pre-birth stage of language acquisition
language recepted in utero
at what point in utero can a foetus hear sounds
18 weeks into gestation
anne cutler 2009
foetuses can differentiate between their mother’s native language and a foreign language based on rhythmic patterns
eino partanen 2013
foetuses respond to sound, especially to the prosody—the rhythm and intonation—of speech
what did shriberg 1993 say about the holophrastic stage
that phonological development is split into 3 groups of consonants
what were the 3 groups of sounds outlined by shriberg in his study of the holophrastic stage
early 8 (m, b, j, w, n, d, p, h) , middle 8 (t, ng, k, g, f, v, sh, d), late 8 (f, o, z, s, l, r, ch)
jean aitchison 1987 study of holophrastic stage
children had 3 stages of lexical development
what were aitchisons 3 holophrastic stages
labelling, packaging, network building