Anatomy
Name one anatomical difference between the anatomy of a child and an adult?
Larynx is higher in an child
Sounds are first acquired in what position?
Initial
Define PCF
A consistent speech sound pattern such as “puda” to refer to the family cat. The child uses the same sounds for one specific object/event/person (aka functions as a word but not actually part of adult speech.)
Name 2 other names for motherese
Motherese/parentese/baby talk/ child-directed speech/ infant-directed speech
What are the 5 components of language?
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantic and pragmatic
What is the anatomical name for the "voice box?"
Larynx
IPA stands for _____________.
International Phonetic Alphabet
True or False. Jargon, babbling and PCF completely disappear after a child acquires their first word.
False
During the pre-locutionary stage, the child cannot signal intention. As a result, parents will _______________.
Infer intention
A child looks at a cat and calls it a "dog." This is an example of what stage of cognitive development?
Assimilation stage
Which part/area of the brain is responsible for speech production?
Broca's area
In comparison to a bound morpheme, a free morpheme can __________.
stand on its own
At what age do children tend to have their vocabulary burst?
18-24 months
At what age do babies develop an interest in objects?
8 months
but will accept 7-12 months
"I'm all ears" is an example of __________ and _____________.
An idiom and metaphoric transparency
Language Centers of the brain can usually be found in which hemisphere?
Left
How many morphemes are in the following sentence?
She walked to the store and bought some apples.
11 morphemes
Walked= 2
Bought= 1
Apples= 2
The process of inferring a relationship of an object or learning a new word after only being exposed to it one time is called _____________
Fast mapping
What is parallel talk?
Talking about what your baby is doing as she/he is doing it
Working memory can be defined as __________________.
Working memory is holding information in order to manipulate or analyze it.
What are the 4 lobes?
Occipital
Temporal
Frontal
Parietal
The following is an example of which phonological process:
"gog" for dog
Backing
Assimilation is also possible
What are the 3 characteristics of a first word?
A first word must:
a. The child’s utterance must have a phonetic relationship to the same adult word. b. The child must use the word consistently c. The child must use the word in the presence of a referent.
When 2 people attend to the same action at the same time, this is called?
Joint Attention
Caregivers naturally pause while conversing with their infants in order to model appropriate _____________________.
Turn Taking