Final Flashcards

For each concept, ask yourself: 

• How can I define it? 

• What example can I give? 

• How would I explain it to a child I am working with? 

• How would I explain it to their caregiver?

• Type-token ratio (and how to calculate)

• Self-talk

• Theory of Mind

• Register 

• Elliptical response

• Types of directives/requests (direct, indirect conventional, etc.)

• Terms of deixis

• Narratives v. conversation

• Centering v. chaining

• Bilingual v. monolingual child lexicon

• Factors influencing bilingual language development

• Syntactic development in school-age years

  • What does intrasentential development refer to

• Types of narratives

• Conversational repair

  • How does a young child differ from an older child in this ability?

• General receptive lexicon by age group

• Elements of story grammar

• Example of vowel shift

• Multiple-meaning words

• Figurative language 

• Adolescent vowel development

• Metalinguistic judgement

• Learning to read v. reading to learn v. reading for viewpoints

• Phases of reading and writing

• Purpose of graphic organizers

• Shading

• Lexical development in adulthood

• Language abilities that decline in older adulthood

• Describe expository writing

• How adults adapt speech to context 

• Anticipatory coarticulation

Extra credit question: Know the difference between expressive and receptive language. Give an example of each of the five areas of language.