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Devlp. of language
Development of Language
Question | Answer |
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Definition of Language | Language is a shared system which uses arbirtury symbols and representing concepts, with rules that govern it. |
Why do animals not exhibit language | Animals cannot produce the three aspects of human language: 1 Displacement (Past, Present, Future) 2 Productivity (original utterances) 3 Grammatical rules |
The Three Characteristics of Language | Productivity(new and unique sentences), Semanticity (word meaning and grammar), Displacement(Past, present, and future). |
Expressive Language | What you say/communicate. Example: Speaking writing, thinking |
Receptive Language | What you hear/get out of the language. Example: Reading, comprehending, and listening |
Divisions of Language (the Five components) | Phonetics (phonemes, sounds we hear) Morphology (different components of words) Semanticity (word meaning) Syntax (grammar of Language) Pragmatics (use of language in different social situations) |
Behavorisim | nuture based theory. based on recordable behaviors (operent/ classical conditioning) Believes that parents do the majority of teaching. |
Nativism | believes there is an innate thing inside everyone to learn language and environment is merely a trigger. Explains quickness of language |
Interactionisim | Combination of behaviorism and nativism. This theory puts focus back on children as active participants in the language learning process |
What age should children have mastered their speech sounds | All sounds should be acquired by 8. however every child is different. |
When do children say their first words | Around their first birthdays |
What sounds predominate early Speech of children | Stops, Nasals, and fricatives dominate. /dptkgbmnfv/ |
Three ways to describe Consonant sounds | Place of articulation(how the sound is made), manner of articulation,(how the air is used or not) Voicing (whether the sound is voiced or not) |
Phonological Processes and why children use them | Specialized set of phonological rules children use these rules to make difficult words easier. 1 Omissions, 2 Deletions 3 Substitutions (gliding,fronting,backing, stopping,) assimilation 5glottal stop replacements. |
Language and communication | Communication is not always language Langauge is a specific form of communication with speech being the verbal maker of it. speech is a shared system which uses agreed upon symbols, through arbituray systems, is rule governed |
2 important skills babies have to help them with language development. | auditory discrimination skills ( native language, mother's voice, discriminate vowels and consonants) Visual discrimination (recognize face with voice by 7 months, distinguish faces from other objects, line of sight 8 inches) |
IPA | International Phonetic Alphabet, agreed upon system for representing phonemes across different languages. 44 phonemes |
Four anatomical system involved in speech and what they do? | Phonatory (protects airways, creates sound) Respiratory (breath supply for phonemes) CNS (phonemes are planned and sequenced and motor planning) Articulatory (minute production of sounds) |