Child Language Aquisition

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Egocentric speech
Act of a child talking to themselves, usually through an act or event
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Holophrase
word with an entire meaning. e.g okay
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Vocative
form used to address a person e.g. sir
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Content word
words with an independent dictionary meaning e.g table
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Function word
allows you to do something e.g the
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Overextension
link objects with similar qualities e.g all four-legged animals = dog
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Categorical overextension
Name one member of a category for all members. E.g apple for all round fruit
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Analogical overextension
Name something from a different category due to physical similarity. E.g yellow sign = a banana
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Mismatch statements
Saying one object in relation to another. E.g duck to an empty pond
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Under extension
Giving a word a narrower meaning. E.g Bugs for bunnies
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Packaging
exploring labels and to what they can apply. Over and under extension occurs in order to eventually understand the range of a words meaning
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Network building
similarities and opposites of labeled words EG big and large big and small
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Hypernym
general word with words under it EG clothes
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Hyponym
the words under hypernyms EG dress
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Auxiliary verb
a verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs e.g be
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Pronoun
a word that takes the place of a noun e.g., he and she
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Determiner
modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun or noun group has EG every and the
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Concrete noun
noun denoting a material object rather than an abstract quality e.g., dog and building
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Coordinating conjunction
joining words that link together parts of a sentence EG ‘and’ ‘but’
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Subordinating conjunction
word or phrase that links a dependent clause to an independent clause EJ when and where
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Nelson
categories children's first words into naming action describing and personal social. Naming is the biggest group with 60% of words whereas personal and social is the smallest
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Rescorla
came up with three types of over extension categorical which is the most common, analogical and mismatched statements
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Skinner
Behaviorism. Children learn through imitation an positive and negative reinforcement from role models. Strength- children learn in their regional accent. Weakness- outdated theory
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Piaget
linguistic development occurs alongside cognitive development. So, children learn better linguistically when they understand the concept it describes EG colour size and shape.
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Chomsky
innateness theory. Children have an innate ability and so at birth start making sense of utterances an can extract the underlying rules of linguistics. Strength- this may explain why children learn so quick.
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Bruner
social interaction is important in child language development. Parents structure their language in order to encourage linguistic development knew line H and- stages of linguistic development: labeling, packaging and network building
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Halliday's functions

Personal
used to express themselves or feelings EG conveying attitudes and showing feelings to people on things
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Informative
telling someone something or providing information EG the dog is blue
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Heuristic
asking questions or wanting to know more. Children often ask why EG why not
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Imaginative
can be telling a joke or story. Usually something that is not real it is pretend EG storytelling
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Interactional
used to start or maintain interaction EG establishing roles and relationships
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Instrumental
used to get or satisfy personal needs EG asking and demanding
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Regulatory
used to control the behaviors of others EG controlling and commanding
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Plosives
pronounced when the air is blocked for a brief time EG the letter p and b
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Fricatives
created when air is partially blocked EG voiced ‘v’ and unvoiced ‘f’
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Affricatives
a combination of plosives and fricatives E.g., voiced d3 judged
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Nasals
air movement through the nose e.g., m and n
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Laterals
tongue on Ridge of teeth and air moves downside of mouth EG
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Approximants
like vowel sounds e.g., w
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child directed speech

Lexis
diminutives restricted simple vocabulary and usually about the child's immediate environment
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Phonology
intonation, slower, high pitch, song like tone
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Grammar
repetition imperatives questions
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Arguments for child directed speech affecting language development
supported by bruners social interaction which is key to child language acquisition. Gives the opportunity for turn taking
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Arguments against child directed speech affecting language development
culture bound meaning not all places use it something. Samoa doesn't and tend to have normal rates of language development in children. Also, some children are not exposed to enough language.
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Deletion
emitting final consonant of a word EG do(g)
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Reduplication
repeating a whole syllable.
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Consonant cluster reduction
reducing consonant clusters to smaller units as they can be difficult to say
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Substitution
changing one sound for another e.g. fog for dog
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Addition
adding a vowel sound to the end of a word e.g doggie
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Assimilation
changing vowel or a consonant for another
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Deletion of unstressed syllables
omitting the opening syllable in polysyllabic words EG Nana for banana
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Card 2

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Holophrase

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word with an entire meaning. e.g okay

Card 3

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Vocative

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Card 4

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Content word

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Card 5

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Function word

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