flash cards on child langauge acquisition ( part 2)

Child Language Acquisition

The process by which children acquire and develop language skills through interactions with caregivers and their environment.

Child Directed Speech ( caretaker language)

A speech style used by adults when talking to children, characterized by features such as rising intonation and recasting.

Bruner's Language Acquisition Support System (LASS)

The concept that caregivers provide scaffolding for children's language learning by repeating words, expanding their utterances, and prompting them to speak.

Holophrastic Stage

The early stage of language development ( about 1-2 years) where a child uses single words to express entire thoughts (e.g., 'bucket').

Telegraphic Speech

A stage of speech (between 2-3 years )where children omit grammatical function words but retain clear meaning in their phrases (e.g., 'Had little boy ball').

Language Acquisition Device (LAD)

An innate mental structure proposed by Noam Chomsky that allows children to learn language and generate grammatically correct sentences from limited input.

Phonological Simplifications

The process where children simplify complex sounds in their speech, such as saying 'bade' for 'spade'.

Virtuous Errors

Errors made by children that reflect logical reasoning rather than random mistakes, indicating application of learned language rules.

Interactional Function

A language function that builds social relationships, exemplified when a child greets others.

Heuristic Function

A language function that reflects curiosity and exploration, as seen when a child uses commands to explore their environment.

Piaget's Preoperational Stage

A developmental stage in which children begin to use symbols and language in imaginative contexts, promoting cognitive development.

Vygotsky's Private Speech

A concept where children's self-directed speech aids in cognitive development and self-regulation during tasks.

Internal Schemas

Cognitive structures that help individuals understand and organize their experiences, relevant in narrative skills development.

Key Paragraph Structure

A structured approach for writing an essay paragraph that includes feature introduction, quotation inclusion, explanation, theory linkage, and clarification.