SUBJECT PRESENTATION

Language development

The first three years

04.20.2022

Jill Christoffer 698218 Instructor: Sarah Reader

Esto es un párrafo listo para contener creatividad, experiencias e historias geniales.

1 First Language Confrontation

- babies hear sounds before born - earliest vocalizations: involuntary crying - interaction must not be with technical devices - by the end of year 1: first words + good understanding - by the age of 2: production of at least 50 words + simple sentences

1 First Language Confrontation

- babies hear sounds before born - earliest vocalizations: involuntary crying (hungry or uncomfortable) - only little control over sounds, still able to hear differences in human language - interaction must not be with technical devices - by the ned of year 1: first words + good understanding - by the age of 2: production of at least 50 words + simple sentences

REMARKABLE:

high degree of similarity in the early language of children all over the world

2 Developmental Sequences

also called: developmental stages

- predictable patterns occure when developing features of a language - features --> developmental stages - e.g. with morphemes - "wug-test": learning a language by generalizing patterns

3 Negation And Questions

developmental sequences can be seen in the use of negation and questions

3 Negation And Questions

- negation -

stage 1

negation usually expressed by "no"

stage 2

utterances grow longer + "don't" for expressing rejection or prohibition

stage 3

more varieties (can't), but problems with persons and tenses

stage 4

better grammatical use + no perfection

3 Negation And Questions

- questions -

- also developmental stages - predictable order in which "wh-" question words emerge - What --> Where, Who --> Why (favourite)--> How, When

Language development

The first three years

04.20.2022

Jill Christoffer 698218 Instructor: Sarah Reader

Esto es un párrafo listo para contener creatividad, experiencias e historias geniales.