Zusammenfassung der Ressource
A2 English Lang: Child Speech 1
- The stages of development:
- The Pre-Verbal stages:
- Vegative
- This is the sound or
discomfort or reflexive
actions. Usually around
the age of 0-4 months
- Cooing
- these are comfort
sounds and vocal
play using open
mouth vowel sounds
at the age of 4-7
months
- Babbling
- repeated patterns
of consonant and
vowel sounds
around the age of
6-12 months
- Proto-words
- these are word like
vocalisations, but they
down match actual
words but they consist
of the same meaning,
this can also be
known as scribble
talk. This can be
accompanied by
gestures to support a
verbal message
- Lexical and grammatical stages:
- Holophrastic/ one word
- These are one
word utterances,
or one word
phrases, happens
during the age
gap of: 12-18
months
- Two word:
- this is two word
combinations:
happens between the
ages of 18- 24
months
- Telegraphic
- this is three or more
words combined and
occurs during the ages of
24-36 months
- Post-telegraphic
- these are more
grammatically
complex
sentences and
occurs when a
child is 36+
- THEORIES!
- Nativist/ innateness
- this is the idea that
all languages have a
universal grammar
- All children are born with a
LAD (language acquisition
device) which enable the child
to use the words that they hear
and the grammar that they use
straight away
- CHOMSKY believes that
children are pre
programmed with the rules
of grammar from birth and
once they are exposed to
language their LAD is
stimulated
- NOAM CHOMSKY
- Behaviourist/ imitation
- B.F SKINNER
- this is the idea that each child
starts as a blank slate and to
learn they imitate adult language
that gains a positive
reinforcement, but also needs
some negative reinforcement if
something is said wrong!
- when skinner was
investigating he
discovered that children
produce utterances that
they could never had
heard before and make
corrections to their
grammar. This
suggested that some
children build up rules of
language on their own
- input/ interactionist theory
- JEROME BRUNER
- This is when people
believe that children
need assistance to
acquire language.
- This is implying that this
doesn't only help the child
acquire language but the
meaning behind the lexis
and sentences
- The way that
interactionists
believed that the
children would learn
would be through
ritualised situations
and scenarios such
as bedtime and
going to school
- when thinking about
interaction it is all about
LASS, this is the
Language Aquisition
Support System.
- Cognitive theory
- JEAN PIAGET & LEV VYGOTSKY
- Jean Piaget
argued that
children need to
understand the
concept of
language before
they could use
language.
- Lev Vygotsky
viewed that
language had two
separate role:
speech and one
on the basis of
thought
- Early phonological errors
- Deletion:
- omitting the FINAL consonant in words
- Substitution:
- Substuting one sound
for another, especially
the harder sounds that
develop later
- Addition:
- adding an extra vowel
sound to the endings of
words, creating a CVCV
pattern
- Assimilation:
- changing one
consonant or
vowel for
another
- Reduplication:
- repeating the
whole syllable
- CCR:
- reducing clusters into
smaller units
- Deletion of under
stressed syllables
- omitting the opening
syllable in polysyllabic
words
- Developing pragmatics
- Halliday's language functions:
- Instrumental: this
language is used
to fulfil and need.
E.g "want milk"
- Regulatory: this
language is used
to influence the
behaviour of
others
- Interactional: this is to
develop and maintain
social relationships
- Personal: this is
to convey
individuals
opinions, ideas
and personal
identity
- Representational:
this is to convey
facts and information
- Imaginative: this is to
create and imaginary
world that may be
seen predominatly in
play
- Heuristic: to learn
more about the
environment
- Dore's language functions
- labelling:
naming a
person, object or
thing
- Repeating: repeating
an adult word or
utterance
- answering:
responding to an
utterance of
another speaker
- requesting an action:
asking for something to be
done for them
- calling: getting
attention by
shouting
- greeting:
greeting
someone or
something
- Protesting:
objecting to
requests from
other
- Practising:
using
language
when no adult
is present