Spaud 311-child language development
midterm questions with complete
correct answers
vegetative sounds (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔sounds that infants typically make
such as crying, burping, sneezing, hiccupping, yawning, sucking, etc. (these sounds all use airflow and
vocal folds)
cooing (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔begins to occur at 6-8 weeks old, contented
noises, long drawn-out vowel sounds (also note that deaf babies coo the same as hearing babies until
around 3 mo.)
vocal play (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔16-30 weeks old, more varied sounds begin to
occur (squeals, fricatives, etc.). by 2-3mo. begin making /h,k,g/ and by 6mo. begin making /m,n,p,b,d/
reduplicated/canonical babbling (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔6-9mo., consonant
vowel combinations and repetitions (note that deaf babies produce sounds but don't produce
reduplicated babbling)
nonreduplicated babbling (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔9+ mo., greater range of
consonant and vowel sounds, begin to use prosody (shifts in intonation, the ups and downs in voice).
jargon (wordless sentences that sound like speech). in this stage, it is good to practice turn taking in
conversation with babies
weak syllable deletion (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔omission of unstressed syllable in
target word
final consonant deletion (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔omission of the final consonant
of a word
consonant cluster reduction (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔omission of one of the
consonants of a cluster in a word (ex. stop becomes top)
, consonant assimilation (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔one consonant takes on features
of another consonant in the same word
stopping (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔a fricative is replaced by a stop (ex. fish-fis)
velar fronting (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔velar sound is replaced by an alveolar or
dental (ex. cat-tat)
gliding (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔liquid is replaced by a glide (ex. flow-fwow)
metathesis (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔sounds are reordered within a word
reduplication (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔using two identical syllables similar to one
syllable in the target word
speech vs language (fill in the blank) - correct answer ✔✔speech-production, articulation, muscle
movements, physical production of language
language- content of your speech, what you are saying
(important to note that you can have speech without language and language without speech)
communication- the ability to interact with others
5 features of language (arbitrariness, displacement, productivity, etc.) (fill in the blank) - correct answer
✔✔1. arbitrariness- any sound can be paired with any meaning so our words are arbitrary (ex. tomorrow
we could decide to call dogs cats instead if we all agreed to change the name to this)
2. displacement- we can talk about things in distant time and place (ex. you can tell a story about a
person you don't know)
3. productivity- we can say things that no one has ever said before due to the fact that there is an infinite
combination of things
4. semanticity- a fixed association between the sound we make and some concept/idea in our heads (ex.
outside=the space in our backyard for the dog)
midterm questions with complete
correct answers
vegetative sounds (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔sounds that infants typically make
such as crying, burping, sneezing, hiccupping, yawning, sucking, etc. (these sounds all use airflow and
vocal folds)
cooing (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔begins to occur at 6-8 weeks old, contented
noises, long drawn-out vowel sounds (also note that deaf babies coo the same as hearing babies until
around 3 mo.)
vocal play (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔16-30 weeks old, more varied sounds begin to
occur (squeals, fricatives, etc.). by 2-3mo. begin making /h,k,g/ and by 6mo. begin making /m,n,p,b,d/
reduplicated/canonical babbling (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔6-9mo., consonant
vowel combinations and repetitions (note that deaf babies produce sounds but don't produce
reduplicated babbling)
nonreduplicated babbling (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔9+ mo., greater range of
consonant and vowel sounds, begin to use prosody (shifts in intonation, the ups and downs in voice).
jargon (wordless sentences that sound like speech). in this stage, it is good to practice turn taking in
conversation with babies
weak syllable deletion (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔omission of unstressed syllable in
target word
final consonant deletion (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔omission of the final consonant
of a word
consonant cluster reduction (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔omission of one of the
consonants of a cluster in a word (ex. stop becomes top)
, consonant assimilation (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔one consonant takes on features
of another consonant in the same word
stopping (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔a fricative is replaced by a stop (ex. fish-fis)
velar fronting (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔velar sound is replaced by an alveolar or
dental (ex. cat-tat)
gliding (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔liquid is replaced by a glide (ex. flow-fwow)
metathesis (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔sounds are reordered within a word
reduplication (multiple choice/matching) - correct answer ✔✔using two identical syllables similar to one
syllable in the target word
speech vs language (fill in the blank) - correct answer ✔✔speech-production, articulation, muscle
movements, physical production of language
language- content of your speech, what you are saying
(important to note that you can have speech without language and language without speech)
communication- the ability to interact with others
5 features of language (arbitrariness, displacement, productivity, etc.) (fill in the blank) - correct answer
✔✔1. arbitrariness- any sound can be paired with any meaning so our words are arbitrary (ex. tomorrow
we could decide to call dogs cats instead if we all agreed to change the name to this)
2. displacement- we can talk about things in distant time and place (ex. you can tell a story about a
person you don't know)
3. productivity- we can say things that no one has ever said before due to the fact that there is an infinite
combination of things
4. semanticity- a fixed association between the sound we make and some concept/idea in our heads (ex.
outside=the space in our backyard for the dog)
