Week 5 Flashcards
What is language?
a socially shared code, rule-governed symbolic system for representing concepts
What is verbal language?
auditory comprehension and verbal expression
What is written language?
requires reading comprehension and written expression
Waht is sign language?
comprehension and expression
What is Alternative and Augmentative Communication?
comprehension and expression with use of a microphone
What kind of processing is language?
cognitive, NOT motor processing
What part of the brain is involved with metaphors, gestalt (reasons for things), interpreting intonation patterns/prosody?
the right perisylvian area (NON-DOMINANT SIDE)
What is PECS?
a picture exchange communication system, helpful for people with language disabilities
What is syntax?
grammar, or grammatical rules which govern how words are combined in any given language
What is a morpheme?
the smallest meaningful unit in a language
e.g., walk
What is a bound morpheme?
a morpheme which must be combined with anotehr root word
e.g., -ing, -s, -er
What is morphology?
the study of the rules which govern how morphemes are combined
e.g., word order, etc.
What are semantics?
the MEANING base of language
What are pragmatics?
HOW language is used socially to communicate with others - how it functions
What is morphosyntax?
a combo word of word order with grammar (they tend to overlap)
What composes language?
form, use, and content
What is form in language/
phonology, morphology, and syntax
What is use in language?
pragmatics
What is content in language?
semantics
Where is morphosyntax in language?
at the interchane of the three parts of language - form, use, and content (FUC)
What is the most important nature in languagae associated with autism spectrum disorder?
the use of language, or pragmatics
What are the classifications of language disabilities?
primary and secondary, vs. developmental and acquired
What is SLI?
a specific language impairment ONLY, nothing else
e.g., recognizing certain consonants (form, content, or use)
What other challenges are often associated with language impairment?
intellectual disabilities, ASD, hearing loss, etc.
What category do SLI or language impairments associated with other challenges classified as?
a primary or secondary disability
What is an example of a developmental language disability?
one that is congenital/present at birth
What is the opposite of a developmental disability?
an acquired disability
e.g., one as a CVA or TBI
What is TBI?
traumatic brain injury, which is associated with language disabilities
What is CVA?
cerebrovascular accident, or a stroke, which is often associated with language disabilities
Where are these disorders categorized?
e.g., intellectual developmental disorder, communication disorder, ASD, and specific language disorder
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 5 (or DSM-5)
What disorder is the main focus of SLP?
speech sound disorder (phonological processes, dyspraxia, or dysarthria)
What is NOT associated with communication disorders (re: type of syndrome)
Asperger’s Syndrome, without repetition of behaviours
dWhat are the three secondary conditions associated with language impairment?
Hearing loss
Intellectual disabilities
Autism Spectrum Disorder
What is associated with hearing loss as a secondary condition with language impairment?
conductive loss (mechanical) sensorineural loss (whether hearing is perceived at all) central hearing impairment
What is a disorder associated with central hearing impairment?
Landau-Kleffner Disorder
What is Landau-Kleffner Disorder?
a seizure disorder that is like ‘hearing the wind’ which is associated with an inability to INTERPRET phonology
What is associated with intellectual disabilities as a secondary condition with language impairment?
Global developmental delay, seizure disabilities, birth trauma, ideopathic
What is the most common Global Development Delay syndrome?
Down Syndrome
How do you determine Global developmental delay?
by getting a back-history from parents of the child, etc.
What is associated with ideopathic issues with intellectual disabilties?
myelination issues due to less development in the perisylvian areas, etc. which run in families
What runs in families that is associated with an inability to keep up with conversation?
an idiopathic condition that involves myelination issues likely in the perisylvian area
What previously was considered ASD in terms of language impairment?
Asperger Syndrome, and PDD-NOS
What is PDD-NOS?
a Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified, one of the four autism spectrum disorders
What is involved with language impairment in terms of ASD?
it is associated more with pragmatics/using language than form or its content
What is Specific Language Impairment?
also known as SLI, it involves language delays (receptive and/or expressive) with no obvious underlying cause
What is usually diagnosed after 3 years old in terms of comprehension issues?
Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
Do the majority of “late talkers” catch up with their peers?
not necessarily, it’s more like 35 - 60%
Does SLI affect a lot of kids?
no, about 7% of 5 year-olds
Is SPI involved with diverse or specific symptomatology?
ironically, it’s associated with diverse ones
What are issues associated with vocabulary, morphosyntax, general word formulation, word retrieval and pragmatics associated with?
Specific Language Impairment
What is general formulation?
an inability to figure out word patterns to express self
What does figuring out the word patterns in language generally issues with?
working memory
If one has issues with expression, is comprehension issues a given?
no
If you have comprehension issues, do you have expression issues?
yes
What is an issue when people struggle socially for being off-topic due to slow interpretations in conversations?
issues with pragmatics/usage
What kind of global developmental delay is associated with low monospatial skills with language?
Williams Syndrome
What is the behaviourist approach to language development?
Associated with Skinner, it is the shaping and REINFORCEMENT of speech attempts
Who wrote VERBAL BEHAVIOUR in 1957?
B. F. Skinner, associated with learning by reinforcement
What is the major issue with Skinner’s approach to language development?
he considered babies “empty” vessels in which language would be inserted, rather than engaged learners
What approach is Chomsky associated with?
the nativist or innateness approach - language acquisition device specific to humans is used which cannot explain immediacy of language learning in social context
What is the LAD associated with?
the nativist approach to language development which is associated with Chomsky
What approach followed nativism?
the cognitive approach - focused on information processing,involving semantics, pragmatics, and focuses on language development mediated by the brain
What does the cognitive approach emphasize in learning?
info-processing through experience in learning
Is there a famous theorist associated with the cognitive approach?
naw
What approach of language development was popular in the 1980s?
the social approach, which suggests it is mediated by social experience, which emphasizes CONTEXT and pragmatics
What is involved with social experience in the social approach?
MEMORY
What inspired the biological approach?
kneuroimaging determining responses associated with development, with various language areas such as Broca’s area, etc.
What is the latest language development approach?
the biological approach (emphasis of neuroscience)
What are deficits in linguistic knowledge, limitations in general processing capacity, and
possible underlying causes of language development disorders
What is a problem with a deficit in linguistic knowledge?
some predictions hold for only a limited number of languages
e.g., issues with grammar