Norm Comm exam 2 unit 5

holophrase

early one word utterance that conveya holistic communiatvie intention

over-extention

process in which a child applies a word meaning to more exemplars than an adult would. The child definition is too broad and is thus beyond acceptable adult usage

under- extension-process

a process in which a child applies a word meaning to fewer exemplars than an adult would. The child definition is too restrictive and more limited than in adult usages.

word combinations

two-word utterances consisting of roughly equivalent words that divide an experience in multiple units.

pivot schema

two word utterances in which on word or phrases, such as wan or more, seems to structure the utterance by determining the intent of the utterance as a whole, such as a demand. In many of these early utterances one-event word is used with a wide variety of object labels as in “more cookie”, “more juice”, and more apple

refrenetial style of communication

a relative child language learning style in which the infant has more adult contacts; uses more single words; and employs an analytic or bottom-up strategy for gradually buildigng longer utterances with different words.

functional style of communication

a relative child language learning style in which the infant has more peer contacts, attempts to produce longer units, and employ a holistic, top-down, strategy in which longer utterances are gradually broken into their parts.

item based constructions

two-word utterances seemingly based on word order rules with specific words influenced by how a child has heard a particular word being used