Vocabulary
Language Theories
Ages of Language
Halliday Function
100

44 sounds by individual letters and/or combination of letters that make sounds

What is Phonemes?

100
Language development as a process by which children gradually "learn how to mean"
What is the Halliday Theory?
100

They often talk to themselves or by themselves as they play as to try to articulate their actions. 

From ages 3-4

100

Language that is used to influence the behavior of others, including persuading, commanding or requesting

What is Regulatory Function? 

200

The meaning of words that language communicates through content words and function words.

What is Semantic? 

200

Observe and produced speech that occurs in the interaction of speaker and listener.

What is the Behaviorist Theory? 

200

Typically oral vocabulary grows from 300 word to 1000.

Ages from 2-3

200
Language that is used to develop relationship and ease interaction 

What is Interactional Function?

300

Brain connections that are repeated and used become permanent; when brain connections are used, they disintegrate and vanish. 

What is Neural Shearing?

300

Language is active and social process for children to be able to learn by problem solving 

What is the Constructivist Theory?

300

Good conversationalist who talk a lot about what they do. 

Ages 7-8
300

Language that expresses personal opinion, attitudes and feeling including a speaker's identity. 

What is Personal Function?
400

The grammatical rules of how words work together in phrases, clause, and sentences?

What is Syntax?
400

Human learn language innately, children figure out the rules of language works by internalizing the rules of grammar, which enables them to produce an infinite number of sentences.

What is the Nativist Theory?

400

Children begin to use telegraphic speech at this age

Age 1-2 
400

Language that is used to fulfill a need such as fool, drink or comfort. 

What is Instrumental Function?

500

An independent clause with all it dependents clauses attached, assuming it has dependents.

What is T-Unit?

500

Children learn through cognitive development. Touching, hearing, seeing, and smelling s part of their early language skills.

What is the Piagetian Theory?
500
When embarrassed or frustrated at misunderstanding things, they often say something silly, they create their own language. 
Ages 5-6
500

Language that is used to explore, learn and discover. This could include question or running commentary of a child's actions.

What is Heuristic Function?

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