Pre-linguistic stage
- Created by: sadlergeorgia
- Created on: 20-04-15 09:32
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- Pre-linguistic stage
- in the womb. babies can pick on on their mother's emotions and tone of voice
- typically say first word around age 1
- Sound production
- 0 - 8 weeks - biological noises e.g. crying
- crying most resembles an 'a' sound and comes in 1 second bursts
- 8 - 25 weeks - cooing / vocal play
- produced when baby is in a settled state
- musical sounds
- vowel like sound after consonant like sound
- back of mouth
- lip movement - imitation
- 20 - 50+ weeks - babbling
- less varied
- smaller set of sounds
- greater frequency and stability
- reduplicated
- variegated
- resemble sounds of later speech
- no meaning
- 12 - 18 months - proto word -> words
- proto words have a clear sound
- used meaningfully
- not clearly identifiable as a word
- start to become language specific
- 0 - 8 weeks - biological noises e.g. crying
- start to laugh around 4 months
- Speech perception
- 1 day old - respond to mother's voice
- turn head to locate sound within a few days
- differentiate between pairs of consonants from about 4 weeks
- 2 - 4 months - respond to different tones of voice
- 6 months - individual words recognised
- understand several words by end of first year
- can point in response
- understanding is ahead of ability to produce first words
- Speech interaction
- early work done by caregiver
- one-sided conversations
- caregivers speak to babies when they're in a position to answer
- following conversation rules and teaching baby
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