terminology for speech

Question 1

overgeneralisation

Answer 1

the process where a child over-applies certain rules or patterns they use.
(e.g. runned instead of ran

Question 2

grammatical overgeneralisation

Answer 2

the application of plural -s endings to nouns that don’t have regular plurals
(e.g. man - mans)

Question 3

semantic overextension

Answer 3

calling all round fruits apples whether they are pears, peaches or oranges, calling all items that do the same job the same word e.g. cup applies to bowels, bottles or glass

Question 4

semantic underextention

Answer 4

only calling your own shoes, shoes and not anyone else’s or only limiting the word banana to real, yellow bananas not pictures or non-ripe ones.

Question 5

deletion

Answer 5

omitting the final consonant in words

e.g. go(g)

Question 6

substitution

Answer 6

substituting one sound for another especially harder sounds that develop later such as ‘j’
e.g. pip for ship

Question 7

addition

Answer 7

adding extra vowels to end words

e.g. doggie

Question 8

assimilation

Answer 8

changing one consonant or vowel for another (early plosive sounds d and b)
e.g. gog for dog

Question 9

reduplication

Answer 9

repeating a whole syllable

e.g. mama or dada

Question 10

consonant cluster reductions

Answer 10

consonant clusters can be difficult to articulate so children reduce them to smaller units
e.g. pider for spider

Question 11

deletion of unstressed syllables

Answer 11

omitting an opening syllable in a polysyllabic word

e.g. nana for banana

Question 12

virtuous error

Answer 12

logical mistakes a child makes when they are developing grammatically

Question 13

adjacency pair

Answer 13

a pattern of speech between two or more people
question - answer
statement - dis/agreeing statement
greeting/farewell  response
request - reply
command - obedience or disobedience

Question 14

turn taking

Answer 14

knowing when to start and finish a conversation