Language Dev

Question 1

What are Halliday’s seven functions of communicative intent that develop between 9-18mo of age

Answer 1

imaginative

heuristic

regulatory

personal

informative

instrumental

interactional

Question 2

What are reflexive smiles?

Answer 2

Result from internal physiological stimuli (e.g., gas, dreaming)

Question 3

What are social smiles?

Answer 3

Response to another person

Question 4

What is the perlocutionary stage?

Answer 4

Pragmatic a

0-6 months

Caregivers interpret the babies’ actions and vocalizations a to mean something.

Babies contributions to interaction are basically beyond their control (if the bay is crying and you’ve done everything you can change their environment)

Question 5

What are Halliday’s classified commutative functions of the prolocutionary stage?

Answer 5

Regulatory- baby is trying to obtain a particular type of interaction (e.g., being picked up, getting fed, trying to get a toy)

Personal- the baby expresses a sense of herself and her personal feelings

International- baby is trying to establish interaction with others (generic–pay attention to me)

Instrumental- baby wants someone to help her obtain an object

Question 6

Stages of cognitive theory?

Answer 6

Sensorimotor

Preoperational

Concrete

Formal