SAR SH 524 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
20 Feb 2019
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Across children, there are some general patterns found in phonological development. Some sounds are regularly produced early on, others typically remain dif cult for several years. Ease with which a sound is produced depends on many factors. Functional use of the sound for creating semantic contrasts in the language. Phonological awareness: ability to think about and re ect on the sounds of language (around age 2) Name several words starting with the same sound. Phonological awareness predicts success in learning how to read. Relation between phonological and lexical development two arguments: Child"s rst words usually made of sounds within the child"s repertioire. Early on, children know few words, don"t need ne-grained phonological representation to distinguish among them. Children with larger phonetic inventories usually have larger vocabularies. Vocabulary growth > more precise phonology to tell the words apart. Children learn their native phonology because parents reinforce the production of correct sounds. Infants do vocalize more to responsive parents.
