Chapter 1 - Language Development in
Early Childhood Education - EDEE 325 -
Development of Language & Literacy
Question and answer 100% correct 2025
Receptive Language - correct answers Refers to a child's comprehension of
words (oral or written): when a specific word is used, the child knows what it
refers to or represents
Expressive Language - correct answers Refers to a child's production of
language to communicate
Phonological Knowledge - correct answers Refers to knowledge about sound-
symbol relations in a language
Phoneme - correct answers The smallest linguistic unit of sound - combined
with other phonemes create words
Phonological Awareness - correct answers A conscious awareness of distinct
speech sounds in language
Prosodic Features - correct answers Represent the way something is said -
acoustic or sound properties and psychological or emotional properties
Semantic Knowledge - correct answers Refers to the word labels that specify
concepts and also the semantic networks, or schemata
Schemata - correct answers Cognitive structures in our memory that organize
our conceptual knowledge. These Semantic networks facilitate new learning
, and recall and contribute to the reorganization and elaboration of prior
conceptual learning
Syntactic Knowledge - correct answers Knowledge that prescribes how words
are combined to create sentences or meaningful phrases
Syntax - correct answers Word order - important in creating meaning and
comprehending another's message
Morphemic Knowledge - correct answers Refers to knowledge of word
structure
Morpheme - correct answers A word is composed of one or more meaningful
linguistic units. The smallest unit of meaning in language is the morpheme.
Two Types of Morphemes - correct answers Free Morphemes and Bound
Morphemes`
Free Morphemes - correct answers Used alone as words. Example: House,
Turtle, Book.
Bound Morphemes - correct answers Must be attached to free morphemes.
Example: the final -s in houses, the -ly in slowly, and the -ing in going.
Two Types of Bound Morphemes - correct answers Derivational Morphemes
and Inflectional Morphemes
Derivational Morphemes - correct answers Include prefixes such as un- in
unhappy, and suffixes as -ness in happiness
Early Childhood Education - EDEE 325 -
Development of Language & Literacy
Question and answer 100% correct 2025
Receptive Language - correct answers Refers to a child's comprehension of
words (oral or written): when a specific word is used, the child knows what it
refers to or represents
Expressive Language - correct answers Refers to a child's production of
language to communicate
Phonological Knowledge - correct answers Refers to knowledge about sound-
symbol relations in a language
Phoneme - correct answers The smallest linguistic unit of sound - combined
with other phonemes create words
Phonological Awareness - correct answers A conscious awareness of distinct
speech sounds in language
Prosodic Features - correct answers Represent the way something is said -
acoustic or sound properties and psychological or emotional properties
Semantic Knowledge - correct answers Refers to the word labels that specify
concepts and also the semantic networks, or schemata
Schemata - correct answers Cognitive structures in our memory that organize
our conceptual knowledge. These Semantic networks facilitate new learning
, and recall and contribute to the reorganization and elaboration of prior
conceptual learning
Syntactic Knowledge - correct answers Knowledge that prescribes how words
are combined to create sentences or meaningful phrases
Syntax - correct answers Word order - important in creating meaning and
comprehending another's message
Morphemic Knowledge - correct answers Refers to knowledge of word
structure
Morpheme - correct answers A word is composed of one or more meaningful
linguistic units. The smallest unit of meaning in language is the morpheme.
Two Types of Morphemes - correct answers Free Morphemes and Bound
Morphemes`
Free Morphemes - correct answers Used alone as words. Example: House,
Turtle, Book.
Bound Morphemes - correct answers Must be attached to free morphemes.
Example: the final -s in houses, the -ly in slowly, and the -ing in going.
Two Types of Bound Morphemes - correct answers Derivational Morphemes
and Inflectional Morphemes
Derivational Morphemes - correct answers Include prefixes such as un- in
unhappy, and suffixes as -ness in happiness
