Phonological, Semantic, Morphological Development
Speech sound where air gets restricted
What is: a consonant
ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, Williams, Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome
What is: Intellectual Disability causes
Expressive and Referential learners
What is: the two types of learners according to Nelson
Language development is closely linked to the stages of cognitive development, children can only grasp a certain linguistic concept once they reach the corresponding cognitive stage.
What is: Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development
Higher pitch, Variable pitch, Exaggerated stress
What is: How we naturally talk to babies.
High, mid, low
What is: types of vowels
Communication boards and sign systems
What is: Augmentative or alternative communication systems/devices (AAC)
a word or phrase that functions as a noun or noun-like element (often the first words children learn)
What is: "nominal"
A theory that argues that language development is closely tied to social interaction and cognitive processes.
What is: Vygotsky's social constructivism?
Before the development of speech and language.
rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech
What is: prosody
Lack of response to name, aberrant eye-gaze, restricted use of gestures
What is: Autism warning signs
Learn individual words and gradually combine them into larger units
What is: Analytic Language Processing
The optimal window during early childhood is when the brain is most receptive to language learning.
What is: Critical period hypothesis theory?
Caregiver and child direct their attention to the same object at the same time.
What is: Joint attention
measures utterances, determined by morphemes
What is: Mean length utterance (MLU)
disorder that delays language skills in children who have no hearing loss or other developmental delays
What is" Specific language impairment
What is: Gestalt Language Processing
emphasizes the role of the environment and learning through interaction, imitation, reinforcement, and conditioning.
What is: behaviorism?
around 12 months old
What is: When are a baby's first words?
ability of children to learn new words quickly
What is: fast mapping
Failure to babble and lack of gestures by 12 months, not speaking by 18 months, speech or language regression
What is: early signs of atypical speech development
Noam Chomsky's theory that humans have the innate ability to understand and learn language.
What is: Language Acquisition Device
Language is hardwired in the brain; children don't need explicit instruction; universal patterns and grammar.
What is: Key features of Nativism
The basis for which understanding and talking is developed.
What is: Why are pre-linguistic important