Unit 8 - Stages Of Language Development

Question 1

Babbling

Answer 1

Infant starts to produce patterns of sounds which have no meaning, but starts to resemble patterns of syllables in the child’s native language

~ babbling stage
~ first year

Question 2

Caretaker language

Answer 2

Simple style of speech used by those who look after infants / small children

Question 3

Holophrastic

Answer 3

A single word that expresses a complete idea
~ caregivers need contextual clues to interpret holophrase

~ 1-2 years

• plosive sounds
• nasal sounds

Question 4

Plosive

Answer 4

Speech sound which involves a small explosion of air after the closure of the voice passage

=> /b/ and /p/ sounds

Question 5

Nasal

Answer 5

Air passes through the nose to produce the sound

• /m/ and /n/ sounds

Question 6

Telegraphic stage

Answer 6

Make limited utterances of two or three words which make sense

•2-3 years
• underextension
•overextension

Question 7

Overextension

Answer 7

Word is used more broadly than it should be

=>plate used to describe wheel

Question 8

Underextension

Answer 8

Word used in very narrow context

Question 9

Hypernyms

Answer 9

Words for categories of things
=>furniture

Question 10

Hyponyms

Answer 10

Names / actions which are specific and be grouped in the broad class of hypernym
=> chair

Question 11

Virtuous error

Answer 11

Show the application of some rules of grammar as they apply these rules to irregular forms

=> runned instead of ran

Question 12

Idiom

Answer 12

A phrase not directly translatable whose meaning is generally understood amongst a population