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drdonna Chapter 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| recasting | rephrasing a statement that a child has said or turning it into a quetion and restating in a fully grammatical sentence |
| labeling | identifyinig the names of objects |
| expanding | restating, in a linguistically sophistocated form, which a child has said |
| child-directed speech | language spoken in a higher pitch than normal, with simple words and sentences |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of language processing resulting from damage to Broca's area or Wernicke's area |
| Broca's area | left frontal lobe of the brain involved in producing words |
| Wernicke's area | area of the brain's left hemisphere involved in language comprehension |
| language adcuisition device | term describing a biological endowment that enables a child to detect certain features and rules of language, including phonology, syntax, and semantics. |
| dialetc | variety of language that is distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, or pronunciation |
| metaphor | implied comparison between two unlike things |
| metalinguistic awareness | knowledge about language |
| whole-language approach | teaching method that builds on the idea that reading instruction should parallel children's natural language learning. |
| phonics approach | teching method built on the idea that reading instructioin should teach basic rules for translating written symbols into sounds. |
| fast mapping | proces that helps explain how young children learn the connection between a world and its referent quickly |
| telegraphic speech | use of short, precise words without grammatical markers such as articles, auxillary verbs, etc. |
| morphology | units of meaning involved in word formation |
| semantics | meaning of words and sentences |
| syntax | ways words are combined to form acceptable phrases and sentences |
| language | form of communication, whether spoken, written or signed that is based on a system of symbols |
| phonology | sound system of a language -- includes the sounds used and how they may be combined |
| infite generativity | ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences using a finite set of words and rules |
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