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Language Science Review
Language Science Review 2
Pre-Linguistic Development
Linguistic Development
Linguistic Development and Literacy
100
The functions and goals of language within social contexts
What is Use
100
The rules in which words are combined to form phrases and sentences
What is Syntax
100
This is the age at which infants typically smile in response to eye contact
What is 3 months old
100
This is what MLU stands for
What is Mean Length of Utterance
100
These are the skills needed before a child can learn to read and to write.
What is pre-literacy or early literacy
200
The meaning of language
What is Content
200
The goals and functions of language within social contexts
What is pragmatics
200
This skill involves the ability to gain, maintain, and shift attention.
What is Joint Attention
200
This is an age at which receptive language far exceeds expressive language
What is 2 years
200
This refers to the ability to apply knowledge of letter-sound relationships to correctly pronounce written words
What is decoding
300
the shape and structure of language
What is Form
300
The meanings of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences.
What is Semantics
300
Infants use this skill to guide social interaction
What is eye gaze
300
Believers of this theory argue that biology is responsible for the development of language.
What is the Nativist Theory
300
At age 8, use and understanding of this type of language begins to develop
What is figurative/non-literal language
400
The smallest unit of language that contains meaning
What is Morphology
400
This allows the listener to predict what might be coming next, and facilitates efficient processing
What are syntactic structures
400
This is the approximate age that infants begin to use sounds and gestures intentionally.
What is 6-9 months
400
These are the five early communicative functions
What are: greetings, requests, comments, protests, and simple questions
400
These two items are good predictors of later word identification
What are sound-symbol correspondence and phonological awareness.
500
These three concepts fall under the category of Form
What are phonology, morphology, and syntax
500
This is a system of arbitrary symbols and rules for combining these symbols, that are agreed upon and used by a community of people to communicate.
What is Language
500
4 week-olds often seek eye contact during this activity.
What is during nursing
500
Within the age range on 2-4, toddlers typically experience an explosion of this.
What is vocabulary
500
A child's first word typically depends on this
What is environment and experience