Full acquisition of this may not occur until about age 7 or 8
What is consonant clusters
100
These typically develop between ages 2 and 4 - Be specific.
What are the inflectional morphemes indicating plurality, possession, and verb tense
100
This unit of measure calculates the length and complexity of an utterance by counting the number of words and the number of grammatical markings
What is mean length of utterance (MLU)
100
This is estimated to be between 800 and 1000 words
What is expressive vocabulary
100
In order to increase metalinguistic at the preschool age, children develop an awareness of this
What is the listener's needs
200
Metalinguistic awareness that words are composed of separate sounds that can be manipulated
What is phonemic awareness
200
When added to words, these change the part of speech or alter the meaning of a word.
What are derivational morphemes
200
Noun and verb phrase complexity increases with the use of these
What are conjunctions and connectives
200
This is where a cognitive structure or schema is changed to incorporate a new concept.
What is accomodation
200
This is one way to gain experience in using language
What are frequent interactions
300
This has been linked to later achievement in reading
What is phonemic awareness
300
Children learn morphemes through this
What is experimenting or experimentation
300
Children begin to use this type of negation at the beginning of utterances
What is the word "no"
300
Assimilation and accommodation do this to conceptual knowledge
What is expand and refine
300
This is an important development in becoming able to communicate more effectively in a variety of contexts
What is the ability to tailor one's speech to fit the social and linguistic context
400
Children manipulating phonemic elements and prosodic features of pitch, stress, and juncture.
What is sound play
400
When children use morphemic rules for words that are not regular
What is overgeneralization
400
Two ways preschoolers ask questions
What are asking "why", using rising intonation; These are followed by inverted order and auxiliary verbs in questions (auxiliary verb + subject + verb)
400
This is where a new concept is incorporated into an existing conceptual schema
What is assimilation
400
Pragmatic language is shaped by this
What is culture
500
This is a type of phonemic sound play
What is spontaneous rhyming
500
Evidence of preschoolers morphologic knowledge can be found in these
What is narratives
500
Children begin to understand this type of sentence where word order is changed from that which is typically used. For example, agent-action-object (The boy kicked the ball) is turned to object-action-agent (The ball was kicked by the boy)
What is passive sentence
500
Semantic knowledge develops through these
What is assimilation and accommodation
500
Narratives created by children follow which two things
What is story structure and content appreciated by their culture