Phonology and Pragmatics

Question 1

Berko and Brown, Fis Phenomenon

Answer 1

Comprehension exceeds production.

Child understands and knows what they want to say but is unable to produce the word as they don’t have the motor skills.

Question 2

Cruttenden, Intonation

Answer 2

Mastering intonation continues into teens. Football scores -> went up for the winning team and down for the losing team but stayed the same if a draw. Adults were able to predict but even oldest teens couldn’t match the adults.

Question 3

Bancroft, Conversational Skills

Answer 3

Games like peekaboo aid conversational skills.

• Turn Taking
• Response
• Pleasure
• Understand sequence

Question 4

Garvey, Child’s Play

Answer 4

Children practise conversations with themselves: asking and answering questions, congratulating themselves.
‘sociodramatic play’, children adopt roles, act out storylines and invent settings.
Called practice play

Question 5

Garvey, Language Functions

Answer 5

Can use the following functions by 5:

• Getting attention
• Taking turns
• Make relevant utterances
• Acknowledge topics
• Ignoring topics
• Priming topics
• Request clarification