Child directed speech
- Created by: sadlergeorgia
- Created on: 20-04-15 09:05
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- Child directed speech
- The language an adult uses to talk to a child
- Jerome Bruner 1983
- proficiency in oral language provides children with a vital tool for thought
- without fluent and structured oral language, children will find it very difficult to think
- Hart & Risley 1995
- by age of 4, children from a higher social class had heard 30 million more words directed to them than children in a low class
- Phonology
- separate phrases
- longer pauses
- turn taking cues
- speaking slowly
- exaggerated sing song intonation
- emphasise key words
- wider pitch
- distinguish questions, statements, and commands
- Semantics / Lexis
- restricted vocabulary
- simplified vocabulary
- adaptations of child's own word for things
- Grammar
- fewer verbs
- fewer tenses
- shorter sentences
- Phillips - 3.7 seconds average
- fewer incomplete sentences
- restricted range of sentence patterns
- simple sentences
- more questions and tag questions
- Pragmatics
- gestures and affectionate body language
- fewer utterances
- supportive language
- echoing
- encourage correction / clarification
- copy and expand on child's utterances
- Aims
- attract baby's attention
- help process of breaking down language into understandable chunks
- make the conversation more predictable
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