Child Directed Speech
- Created by: alunageorge
- Created on: 17-09-15 14:30
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- Child Directed Speech
- What is it?
- The way adults behave when talking to children
- Idea comes from Bruner
- Has many characteristics that are not used in normal adult conversation
- PHONOLOGY
- Language is slower and pronunciation is clearer
- More pauses are used so the child has time to absorb and respond
- An adult may speak with a higher pitch to keep the child's interest
- Exaggerated intonation and emphatic stress is used to make speech more distinctive
- LEXIS
- Mostly concrete nouns
- Diminutive forms of words are used so child can recognise and associate the sound of the word
- Reduplication allows children to explore and experiment with their vocals and hone in on sounds used such as 'dada' and 'nana'
- GRAMMAR
- Short, simple sentences
- Encouraging and familiar sentence frames such as 'Where's...' 'What's...'
- Frequent use of imperatives
- Repetition and asking questions to reinforce new words and structures; helps excite a response in the child
- Questions also help develop grammatical ability as they contain more auxiliary verbs
- What is it?
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