| Term | Definition |
|---|
| semantics | word meaning |
| type-token ratio (TTR) | way to figure out how many words they know. mildred temple came up with it. very popular. number of different words divided by total number of words. .5 is typical. closer to 1 u get, the better u r. |
| fast mapping | make connection between word and referent. hear a word, see object, and make connection. |
| temporal relations | after, before, since, until. (order words first, then duration words.) how words are related to each other in time |
| physical relations | hard/soft, big/little, tall/short. the positive member is learned first. |
| locational prepositions | by 4 years, kids have mastered in, inside, on, under. |
| kinship terms | preschoolers have limited knowledge. most of these terms are understood by 10 years. "family words" learn in 3 stages: 1)mother, father, sister, brother. 2)son, daughter, grandma, grandpa 3)uncle, aunt, niece, nephew. Not till 10 years do they get these terms all figured out. |
| 14000, 9 | how many words do kids know at 6 yrs old? how many words per day? |
| I went to the store after I ate lunch. Before you go to bed, brush your teeth | say 2 sentences that are difficult for kids to understand. |
| pronouns | some used at age 2. I, it, my, me, mine, you, its, our. (look in notes to see development of these) |
| 1) setting/character 2)initiating event (problem of good thing [bike race]) 3) internal response (OMG) 4) plan (how fix problem) 5)attempt (doing plan) 6)consequence 7)reaction | the stages of the episode |
| roger brown | 1973- first documented order of acquisition of the 14 grammatical morphemes. longitudinal study of 3 kids. taped them and looked for order of acquisition/order of appearance. studied appearance of 14 grammatical morphemes |
| auxiliary | action |
| copula | descriptor (am, is, are, was, were) |
| mean length of utterance (MLU) | determines whether it is within normal limits for age. if its too short, possible language impairment. it its too long, child might be 'advanced' for age. general index to Brown's. can count length in words or morphemes. determine order of acquistion of 14 grammatical morphemes. |
| % of occurance | calculate this in obligatory contexts. determines if child is producing grammatical morphemes at an age appropriate level. |
| john miller and robin chapman | studied 123 kids in madison wi |
| (ASS) assigning structural stage | structural analysis after calculating MLU |
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