Theories
This is used when a word is needed to fill a need.
What is a lexical gap.
This theorist came up with the seven functions of Language.
Who is Micheal Halliday
This is the British way of indicating that a thought is complete.
What is a full stop?
What is 3rd person present tense?
Type of writing that include lexis, orthography, syntax and are from different periods like Old English, Late Modern English, etc.
What is graphology?
This occurs as someone loses their native language as a result of not using it often
What is the wave model
He is the father of Cognitive development
Who is Jean Piaget
This type of punctuation is used to indicate a pause in thought or the eliminate excess information.
What is an ellipsis
What is a dependent clause?
This language is a natural language spoken by native speakers which has developed from a mixture of languages
What is a creole?
Any instruction given by a caregiver.
What is child directed speech?
Children have the inborn ability to acquire language.
LAD
Who is Noam Chomsky?
This punctuation mark merges two independent clauses
What is a semicolon?
Two independent clauses that are joined by a comma. Don't do this
What is a comma splice?
What is an n-graph?
This theory suggests that language is changing constantly and that small errors can be repeated and spread through language to become accepted usage. "Irregardless" would be an example of this
What is the Random Fluctuation theory.
This theorist came up LASS
Who is Bruner?
This punctation mark is placed around editorial corrections.
What are brackets?
"and", "for", "yet", are some of the ways that can connect two independent clauses.
What are FANBOYS?
Unspoken elements of communication such as body language, gestures and facial features.
What are paralinguistic features?
Attention, query, Label, feedback
What is the Language Acquisition Support System (LASS)
In essence, his theory gives the method of "I do, you do, we do"
Who is Vygotsky?
This punctuation mark is used to form new words beginning with prefixes like 'self', "ex", and "great"
What is a hyphen?
Have, has, had, will have
What is the perfect tense?
The child is in this stage (4 years and upwards) where there is an increase in grammar, syntax and pragmatics
What is the post- telegraphic stage?