CHAPTER 8.16: Language Development

Question 1

our language skills start to develop ___

Answer 1

before we are born!

Question 2

what are content words

Answer 2

basic units of speech like nouns and verbs

Question 3

what are function words

Answer 3

more complicated words like prepositions, not super foundational

Question 4

at six months, infants begin to prefer ___

Answer 4

content words

Question 5

at 20-24 months babies learn lots of new words due to a process called ___

Answer 5

fast mapping

Question 6

what is fast mapping

Answer 6

a child can hear a new word once and then map it into their preexisting vocab

Question 7

when fast mapping ofcurs and xhilds ___ vocab is usually larger than its ____ vocab

Answer 7

receptive (understanding), productive (actually using the words)

Question 8

what is over extention? when do children typically do it?

Answer 8

ex. when a child learns the word ball, they call anything that looks round a ball!

under 2 yrs

Question 9

what is underextention? when do children typically do it?

Answer 9

when showing a child a tennis ball, they only use the word ball for that specific ball not like soccer balls or volleyballs or any other type of ball

under 2 yrs old

Question 11

what is overgeneralization? when do children typically do this?

Answer 11

when children apply rules of language when they are not supposed to be used

“i runned into the gooses”

happens at 3-4yrs old

Question 12

what is metalinguistic awareness

Answer 12

understanding of how language is being used! ex. puns, pragmatics

Question 13

when do children gain metalingusitic awarness

Answer 13

6-8 yrs old they start to learn the pragmatics of language!