CLA Glossary 1

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Lexis
Words
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Semantics
Word meanings + relations between them
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Grammar
system + structure of language
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Phonology
Sounds
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Pragmatics
context words are used in and text/speech organisation
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Graphology
Pictures, Fonts + visual aspects
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Discourse Structure
The way a text is organised
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Vegetative
Sounds of discomfort/reflexive actions (0-4 months)
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Cooing
Open-mouthed vowel sounds e.g. ah, ooh (4-7 months)
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Babbling
Repeated patterns of consonant + vowel sounds e.g. goo goo (6-12 months)
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Proto-words
Word-like sounds, don't quite match but consistent (9-12 months)
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Holophrastic
One-word phase (9-18 months)
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Telegraphic
Multi-word stage, 3-4 words (24-36 months)
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Post-telegraphic
Grammatically complex combinations (36+)
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Reduplication
duplicating sounds/words e.g. choo choo
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Deletion
Deleting phonemes that are hard to pronounce e.g. "ha" instead of "hat"
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Consonant clusters
Child reducing consonants because they're too hard to say "fren" instead of "friend"
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Substitution
Substituting difficult to say phonemes for easier ones e.g. "dowboy"
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Assimilation
Sounds change depending on the ones around it e.g. "babbit"
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Card 2

Front

Word meanings + relations between them

Back

Semantics

Card 3

Front

system + structure of language

Back

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Card 4

Front

Sounds

Back

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Card 5

Front

context words are used in and text/speech organisation

Back

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