Two word stage Flashcards
What types of words are most likely to appear in the child’s vocabulary?
nouns, verbs and adjectives
What sort of words do they omit?
verb endings articles (definite and indefinite) prepositions the verb "to be" auxiliary verbs
Who did research to support this (word combinations)
Roger Brown
What did Brown find?
A set of different two word combinations that children would commonly use at this stage in language development
What were these two word combinations
doer+action action+undergoer doer+undergoer possesor+thing property+thing action+location
What grammatical form does “doer+action” take
subject+verb
“I walk”
doer+action
What grammatical form does “action+undergoer” take
verb+object
“Eat dinner”
action+undergoer
What grammatical form does “doer+undergoer” take
subject+object
this is where the child will omit the verb that is happening to the object
“Dolly dinner”
doer+undergoer
What grammatical form does “possesor+thing” take
Both usually are nouns
“My shoe”
possesor+thing
What grammatical form does “property+thing” take
usually adjective+noun
“Naughty car”
property+thing
“Go away”
action+location
What theory do word combinations support
Both innateness and imitation
Why do the word combinations support these theories
Because a child is gaining an understanding of the correct word order which things are to be placed in, this is partly an innate ability (as they still omit some parts of the full sentence) however they are also slightly copying this word order from other people.
What are pivot words
Words which are used a lot within the child’s two word combinations
Examples of pivot words
allgone
no
What are pivot words combined with
open words (usually nouns)
Why are pivot words combined with open words
It allows there to be different meanings for that particular pivot word.
What theory do pivot words support
Innateness
Who did research involving pivot words
Braine
