CHILD LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

INSTRUMENTAL - TO GET SOMETHING

REGULATORY - TO GET SOMETHING

INTERACTIONAL - TO RELATE TO OTHERS

PERSONAL - CONVEY IDENTITY AND FEELINGS

HEURISTIC - FIND OUT ABOUT ENVIRONMENT

IMAGINITIVE - STORYTELLING OR HUMOUR

REPRESENTATIONAL - CONVEY INFO

TWO FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

- PRIVATE SPEECH = TALKING ALOUD TO ITSELF

- THE ZPD = CAREGIVER GIVES QUESTIONS FOR CHILD TO RESPOND TO, TO ENCOURAGE THEM

STAGE 1 - INCONSISTENT UGSAGE = USE INFLECTION CORRECTLY SOME OF TIME - KNOW WORD BUT NOT GRAMMATICAL RULE

STAGE 2 - CONSISTENT BUT MISAPPLIED = OVERGENERALISATION OR A VIRTUOUS ERROR - MISTAKENLY FORM IRREG VERBS

STAGE 3 - CONSTENT USAGE = CAN FORM IRREGS SUCCESSFULLY

- CHILDREN ARE SHOWN PIC "THIS IS A WUG"

CHILDREN ARE SHOWN TWO WUGS "HERE IS ANOTHER ONE"

" NOW THERE ARE TWO _ _ _ _ " - MANY CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO FORM THE PLURAL - WUGS.

LABELLING - LINKING WORD TO OBJECT

PACKAGING - UNDERSTANDING MEANINGS AND CONNOTATIONS

NETWORK BUILDING - GRASPING CONNECTIONS BEWTEEN WORDS AND UNDERSTANDING HYPERNYMS AND HYPONYMS.