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What is an example of extralinguistic feedback?
eye contact, facial expression, posture, proximity
What is a problem with using MLU to determine if a child is disordered or not?
MLU only looks at the number of morphemes per utterance, not the type or complexity.
Two or more variants of the same phoneme in a language are called what?
allophone
What is a true first word?
•Must be said with clear intention
•Must have recognizable pronunciation
•Must be used consistently and in different contexts
What are the two types of narratives preschoolers produce?
personal and fictional
What percentage of children are affected by an SLI?
7-10%
Who, Whose, When, Which, Why, What, Where, and How are example of what
interrogative questions
A Claim or hypothesis that is repeatedly tested with an array of scientific methods is called what?
THEORY
Terrible two's exist due to a lack of what skill?
self-regulation
Before a child can read they must have an understanding of what?
oral language and/or grapheme to phoneme correspondence
What is a theory?
a claim or hypothesis that is repeatedly tested with an array of scientific methods
Volume of words a person understands (receptive) and uses (expressive) is called what
mental lexicon
Up until what age can babies distinguish among the sounds of all words languages?
8-10 months or within the first year of life.
Young toddlers use more _____ than _______ in general
gestures than words
What is a dipthong?
a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable
What type of research involves generating and refining existing knowledge base. Gain more knowledge or advance our understanding.
basic research
Low frequency words that are domain specific (like atoms, protons) are…
tier 3 words
_______language acquisition is where the child is exposed to L1 in infancy and then L2 later
What is a mirror neuron?
is a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and… • when the animal observes
The frog was hungry like a wolf is an example of a what?
simile- "like or as"
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
Social interaction theory where we look at the child’s developmental level, and their potential development with help
Stylistic variations in language that occur in different situational contexts, kids use these when they are playing to make difference “voices”
register
The way this sentence is said is an example of what area of speech: “You are making a pizza?”
intonation
What is a false-belief task?
Assess whether children demonstrate understanding that another’s beliefs can differ from their own
I am going to the store after I take a shower. The underlines word is a what?
subordinating conjunctio