CHYS 3P26 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Nonverbal Communication, Assistive Technology, Communication Theory
28 Nov 2017
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Speech refers to the acoustic-articulatory code by which spoken languages are conveyed. Communication refers to the exchange of information and ideas. Language represents a culture-based code used to communicate. Semantics: the study of the development and changes in the meanings of words, phrases, etc. Morphology: the study of grammatical units of words. Phonology: the study of sound units of speech. Prelinguistic and babbling: nonverbal and vocal means of expression. Perlocutionary refers to nonverbal communication such as crying, gazing, smiling, laughing, touching, grasping, and sucking. Illocutionary refers to vocal expression such as grunting. One-word stage: infant between 10-13 months who uses holophrases. Early word combinations: infant between 12 months-3 years who starts putting words together. Multiword combinations: refers to the application of a regular grammatical feature (-ed) to a word requiring an irregular form (runned) Simple sentence structure: toddlers moving into higher order sentence patterns.
