Chapter 9: Language Development Flashcards
Are human and non-human communication similar?
No, qualitatively different.
What makes human language different from animal communication?
Symbolic
Grammatical
What does symbolic mean?
Arbitrary symbols present something other than themselves.
What does grammatical mean?
System of rules allowing for understanding of sentences never uttered before.
Language is a _ ability, we all acquire without coaching.
Primary.
What are the 5 aspects of language?
Phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics
What is phonological development?
Develop sounds
What is babbling?
Speech mimicry in babies.
When do babies usually say their first word?
6 months
When do cooing and laughing begin?
2 to 4 months
What is phonemic awareness?
Figuring out that words consist of separable sounds
Babies repeat their mother’s intonation. What does that mean?
Speech rhythm of babies matches moms
Once children are 6-9, what percentage of their language is correct?
75%W
What is a morpheme?
How we can structure words (-ed, -s).
What are free morphemes?
Morphemes that can stand on their own, like duck.
What is a bound morpheme?
Prefixes or suffixes, words that cant stand alone.
What is the Mean Length of Utterance (MLU)? How does it develop?
of morphemes in a sentence. Gets bigger as time goes on.
What is overregularization?
Using morphological rules on the wrong words (ex. mouses)
What is the wug test?
This is a wug, now there is another one, that means there are two_.
What is syntactic development?
Learning words.
At 18 months, kids begin to learn about _ words per month.
Two
What are holophrases?
1 word. but gets what they demand.
What is telegraphic speech? (end of second year)
Omitting less important words, emma go bed now.
Toddlers use many negatives, and use them wrong. Give an example.
I no do it.
