Terminology For Phonological Development

Question 1

Babbling

Answer 1

6-9 months
Phonetic expansion
Phonetic contraction
Reduplicated monosyllables

Question 2

Consonant clusters

Answer 2

A pair or group of consonants, side by side, within a word

Question 3

Cooing

Answer 3

Attempted communication
Vowel sounds (open air flow)
Deliberate sounds

Question 4

Phonemic expansion

Answer 4

Increase in the number of phonemes (sounds) that are produced

Question 5

Phonemic contraction

Answer 5

Retains the sounds of its native language and discards the ones it knows aren’t needed

Question 6

Protoword

Answer 6

Joining sounds but they do not yet make a word

Question 7

Reduplicated monosyllables

Answer 7

Sounds that more closely reflect adult language e.g mumma, dadda

Question 8

Vegetative state

Answer 8

Not yet producing sounds

Question 9

Phoneme

Answer 9

Small unit of sound e.g the ‘p’ in ‘tap’

Question 10

Assimilation

Answer 10

A sound that occurs elsewhere in the word is borrowed “gog”

Question 11

Phonetical deletion

Answer 11

Deletion of:
constants
unstressed syllables
constant clusters are simplified

Question 12

Phonetic substitution

Answer 12

A harder sound is replaced with an easier one. “Dat” “dere” “dis”

Question 13

Constant

Answer 13

Manner of articulation- how that sound is made

Restricting the air flow

Question 14

Vowel

Answer 14

Made by not restricting the air flow

Question 15

Monophthong

Answer 15

One vowel sound in a syllable

Question 16

Diphthong

Answer 16

Two vowel sounds in a syllable

Question 17

Velar consonant

Answer 17

Pronounced at the back part of the younger against the soft palate, known as the velum ( roof of the mouth)
K,G and N

Question 18

Alveolar constant

Answer 18

Produced with the younger close to or touching the ridge behind the teeth on the roof of the mouth.
T, N and D

Question 19

Bilabial constant

Answer 19

A type of sound in the group of liable constants that are made with both lips and by partially stopping the air coming from the mouth with the sound is pronounced.
P,B and M

Question 20

Fricative

Answer 20

Made when you squeeze air through a small hole or gap on your mouth
V,F,TH, Z,S,ZH,SH, and H

Question 21

Plosives

Answer 21

Made by completely blocking the flow of air as it leaves the body followed by releasing the air
P,T,K,B,D and G