All about Language
Name the 3 language domains
form, content, use
The lack of what skill related to emotions might be the cause of Terrible Twos and Threenagers?
self-regulation
Literacy abilities depend heavily on the ____ language skills acquired in infancy and toddlerhood.
oral
What is a copula?
"linking verb"
a word that identifies subject and object as being the same thing
What is a phoneme?
smallest unit of language that does not carry meaning on its own but can change the meaning
Language disorder is when a child has difficulty 1) developing language 2)reaching milestones 3) with form, content and use
Language difference is a the variability among language users
Older toddlers begin to rely more on ____ than ____.
words/gestures
What is a literacy artifact?
anything with writing or words
What is an auxiliary?
"helping verb"
combines with another verb to help form the tense, mood, voice or condition of the verb it combines with
____ ______ is the ability to attend to phonological units of speech
phonological awareness
What relies on the language itself to construct meaning, is abstract, and is more advanced language overall?
Decontextualized language
T/F: one-years olds comprehend an average of 80 words but only produce 1.
False- can produce 10 words
T/F: all books encourage speech and language development.
True
My mom is beautiful.
contractible copula
What is the term that refers to all sounds that are typically produced in a given language; children develop this as they grow?
phonemic inventory
_______ is the ability to view language as an object of attention and is an important skill for emergent literacy.
Metalinguistics
What are the 3 things necessary to be considered a true first word?
1. similar to adult production
2. clear intention
3. used in different contexts
What are the two types of narratives preschoolers use?
personal and fictional
Sarah is watching the "Bachelor".
contractible auxiliary
What is phonics?
the relationship between graphemes (letters) and phonemes (sounds)
Who was the theorist that developed Universal Grammar which states that all children are born with a language processing module already in the brain capable of processing the grammatical rules in all world languages?
Noam Chomsky
Name the 5 babbling stages
1. reflexive
2. control of phonation
3. expansion
4. canonical
5. advanced
How does low SES affect a child's emergent literacy?
The child may not have access to as many literacy artifacts and have a lack of exposure to a language compared to other children, and so the child's literacy skills are not as likely to develop as well nor as quickly as a child in higher SES.
Bacon tastes so delicious.
Uncontractible copula
VC, CV, VCC, CCV, CVC, CVCC and more are all examples of what?
phonotactic constraints (the order that sounds can occur in)