child language development Flashcards
(37 cards)
What is pragmatics in the context of language development?
Politeness becomes important; parents are less prepared to respond to blunt or rude demands.
What does MFL stand for in language learning?
Modern Foreign Language.
How many hours a week are typically dedicated to MFL learning at GCSE?
35 hours a week.
What is the age range for the vegetative stage of speech development?
0-4 months.
What characterizes the cooing stage of speech development?
Open-mouthed vowel sounds.
What is the age range for the babbling stage?
6-12 months.
What types of sounds are produced during the babbling stage?
Repeated consonant-vowel sounds and combinations like babababa, gagagagaga.
Define the term ‘porto-word’ in the speech development timeline.
Babbling sounds that seem to match actual words, a grey area between pre-verbal and grammatical stages.
At what age does the holophrastic stage occur?
Around 1 year.
What does the holophrastic stage involve?
Using one word to signpost things, including more complicated, functional aspects of language.
What is the age range for the two-word stage of speech development?
Around 18 months.
What characterizes the two-word stage in speech development?
Two-word utterances make up mini sentences; beginning of syntax.
Fill in the blank: The _______ stage involves reflex crying noises.
vegetative
True or False: Babies learn language from scratch without prior knowledge of their own language.
True
At what age do children typically have a productive vocabulary of around 50 words?
18 months
By 24 months, how many words do most children have in their productive vocabulary?
200
According to Nelson (1973), what are the four categories of early words in children?
- Naming
- Action
- Social
- Modifying (descriptions)
What percentage of a child’s first 50 words are typically nouns, according to Nelson?
Around 60%
What does Bloom (2004) argue is the reason for noun bias in children’s early vocabulary?
Higher frequency of nouns in the language
In most dictionaries, how do nouns compare to verbs in terms of quantity?
Nouns outnumber verbs by 5:1
What role does the environment play in a child’s productive vocabulary, according to Bloom?
Determines which individual words are spoken by children
What types of words are often found in a baby’s first words according to Saxton (2010)?
- Food or drink (e.g., bread, cookie, milk)
- Family (e.g., Mama, Dada, baby)
- Animals (e.g., dog, kitty, duck)
What are overextended words in the context of children’s vocabulary development?
Words that children apply to more referents than they should
