Syntactic Development Flashcards
What do Brown’s Stages describe?
they look at early production and the several major developments in addition to grammatical morphology
negations questions noun phrases verb phrases complex sentences
FIRST forms of negation
nonverbal, shaking head
Negation stage 1
use NO as a single word utterance
Negation stage 2
NO/NOT + X
no sit down
no juice
Negation stage 3
noun phrase + negative + verb phrase
-negative moves inside sentence
I no sit down
Negation stage 4
development of adult like use of auxiliaries and copulas
Noun phrase + auxiliary + negative + verb phrase
I don’t have it
When is intonation initially used during questions?
Early stage 1-3
Questions stage 4
use auxiliary verb inversion to mark yes/no questions
At stage 1 wh- questions are…
routine/memorized
stage 1 of noun phrase elaboration
simple noun phrase alone
“a coat” “my mommy”
stage 3 noun phrase elaboration
NP + modifier + noun
that “a blue flower”
early stage 1 verb phrase elaboration
main verb unmarked, sometimes -ing
mommy go
baby sleep
what are complex sentences?
sentences that contain at least 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause
when do complex sentences appear?
after children produce 4 word utterances (around 2 years)
conjoining
main clauses can be joined by conjoining
both sentences can stand alone
FANBOYS
for and not but of yet so
