CHYS 2P10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cochlear Implant, Phonological Development, Language Development
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Atypical language development: video 1 203 (s. a. f. ) Free morphemes stand alone, bound morphemes attach to free morph: children learn rules for attaching free morphemes to bounds morphemes (adding ed to. Talk : mean length of utterance refers to number of morphemes per sentence this increases with age/lang. devel. Syntax rules of grammar: how words are arranged into sentences, word order can play an important role in the meaning of a sentence, negatives children initially attach words of negation to positive sentences. No drink milk. or drink milk no. evolve to drink no milk. then adult way: questions are initially asked using vocal intonation, then around 3 years, wh words begin to be used. Semantics refer to a word"s meaning: there is a major spurt in word/semantic acquisition that begins at around 18 months of age; typically begins after around 50 or so words are known. First 50 words are usually most common and/or important words to child.