Life-Span Human Development (Chapter 10)
Save
Language - (correct Answer) - A communication system in which a limited number of signals- sounds or
letters (or gestures, in the case of the sign language used by the deaf people)-can be combined according
to agreed upon rules to produce an infinite number of messages.
Phonemes - (correct Answer) - Basic unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word.
Morphemes - (correct Answer) - Basic units of meaning that exist in a word.
One word phoneme- view
It can be the root, the prefix and the XXX.
Syntax - (correct Answer) - The systematic rules for forming sentences. (Like grammar)
Pragmatics - (correct Answer) - Rules for specifying how language is used appropriately in different social
contexts.
Children have to when to say what to whom.
"Give me that cookie!" VS "May I please try one of your yummy cookies, Grandma?"
Prosody - (correct Answer) - How the sounds are produced.
The "melody" of speech because it includes pitch or intonation, the stress of accentuation of certain
syllables in a word or certain words in a sentence, and the duration of timing of speech.
Word segmentation - (correct Answer) - Ability to detect target word in a stream of speech.
"The cat scratched the dog's nose" is not one long word, but a sentence that consists of six words.
Cooing - (correct Answer) - Repeating vowel-like sounds such as "oooh" and "aaaah."
Babies coo when they are content and often in response to being spoken to in a happy voice.
Infants are not likely to understand what you are saying to them at this age. So as long as you are saying
in a happy tone, they won't notice that you are hungry.
Babbling - (correct Answer) - starts in between about 4 and 6 months
Save
Language - (correct Answer) - A communication system in which a limited number of signals- sounds or
letters (or gestures, in the case of the sign language used by the deaf people)-can be combined according
to agreed upon rules to produce an infinite number of messages.
Phonemes - (correct Answer) - Basic unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word.
Morphemes - (correct Answer) - Basic units of meaning that exist in a word.
One word phoneme- view
It can be the root, the prefix and the XXX.
Syntax - (correct Answer) - The systematic rules for forming sentences. (Like grammar)
Pragmatics - (correct Answer) - Rules for specifying how language is used appropriately in different social
contexts.
Children have to when to say what to whom.
"Give me that cookie!" VS "May I please try one of your yummy cookies, Grandma?"
Prosody - (correct Answer) - How the sounds are produced.
The "melody" of speech because it includes pitch or intonation, the stress of accentuation of certain
syllables in a word or certain words in a sentence, and the duration of timing of speech.
Word segmentation - (correct Answer) - Ability to detect target word in a stream of speech.
"The cat scratched the dog's nose" is not one long word, but a sentence that consists of six words.
Cooing - (correct Answer) - Repeating vowel-like sounds such as "oooh" and "aaaah."
Babies coo when they are content and often in response to being spoken to in a happy voice.
Infants are not likely to understand what you are saying to them at this age. So as long as you are saying
in a happy tone, they won't notice that you are hungry.
Babbling - (correct Answer) - starts in between about 4 and 6 months
