The 'fis' Phenomenon

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  • Created on: 29-01-17 17:37
Who was responsible for the 'fis' phenomenon?
Berko and Brown
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What was their study on?
A parent-child conversation about a child's inflatable fish toy
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When was this study carried out?
1960
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How did this conversation go?
A child referred to his fish toy as 'fis'. But when he was asked 'is this your fis?', he rejected the statement. When asked 'is this your fish?' he responded 'yes my fis'
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What did the study show?
The study shows that children can be aware of many different phonemes before they are able to produce them themselves. In other words children are able to understand much more before they can go ahead and fully produce the language themselves
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