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Question 1

what is a phoneme

Answer 1

smallest possible unit of a sound

Question 2

what is phonology

Answer 2

the study of the sound systems of language

Question 3

what is phonetics

Answer 3

the study of how speech sounds are made, transmitted and received

Question 4

what age is the vegetative stage?

Answer 4

birth - 4weeks

Question 5

what happens during the vegetative stage?

Answer 5

vocal practice through crying which starts as a reflex action however over several months babies learn their noises entail a response

Question 6

What age is the cooing stage?

Answer 6

4-7 weeks

Question 7

What happens during the cooing stage?

Answer 7

articulation of mainly vowel sounds often isolated and monotone. sound such as ‘coo’

Question 8

what age is the babbling stage?

Answer 8

6-12 months

Question 9

What happens during the babbling stage?

Answer 9

more advanced sound making, greater range of sounds, more consonants.
Typically consonant vowel reduplication, dada.
Babies who can hear start to specialise in sounds of the language around them

Question 10

what age is the proto-word stage?

Answer 10

Babbling starts to resemble adult language- word like vocalisations which lead to child first words.
Meanings begin to emerg e.g. using mm to meaning ‘give me that’