Chapter 6

Question 1

What do you need to speak language (2 components)

Answer 1

Comprehension ( understand others) and production

Question 2

phonemes

Answer 2

smallest units of sound
“bat” and “but” are two different words because they have two different phonemes.(a and u)
so they are letter that we can hear

Question 3

Morphemes

Answer 3

the meaningful component of the word like dogs have two morphemes dog that means animal and “s” that means plural
Unladylike 3 morphemes

Question 4

Phonological development

Answer 4

the knowledge of the sounds in a language

Question 5

Sematic development

Answer 5

knowledge about the expressing meaning in language

Question 6

Pragmatic development

Answer 6

the acquisition of knowledge how the language is used

Question 7

Syntax

Answer 7

the rules of a specific language can be combine to produce meaning (order of words)

Question 8

what region side of the brain language is controlled

Answer 8

Language is controlled by left hemispheres of the brain

Question 9

critical period for learning language

Answer 9

5 years to puberty

Adults that learn second language after this period use different neurological pathways

Question 10

distinguishing sounds infanta and adults

Answer 10

Young infants make more distinction of the sounds than adults do → as infants grow older they forget those sounds and start to distinguish sounds that are specific to their language ( this happens in 8 month old inf)

Question 11

Word segmentation age

Answer 11

after 6 month old

Question 12

infants pick up … for language development

Answer 12

word boundaries and distributional properties (such as what is likely to follow what sound)

Question 13

preparation for speech in infants

Answer 13

Babling starts around 6-10 month and involves producing syllables made up of constant followed by a vowel. → this babbling if specific to language that baby will speak

Question 14

Babling age

Answer 14

6-10m

Question 15

Learning language by social interaction must include (2 aspects)

Answer 15

intersubjectivity ( mutural understanding) and joint attention

Question 16

Problem that arises when the cild just learned how to speak

Answer 16

is reference- connecting words to it’s meaning

Question 17

First word (age) 
Specking age (with 2-3 words)

Answer 17

from 6m

From 1y-2y

Question 18

Overextension

Answer 18

using word in broader context than appropriate

Question 19

Overregularization

Answer 19

applying basic grammar rules to a words that are exceptions like men-mens

Question 20

When children master language? (age?)

Answer 20

5 years