Child Language: Lexical Development

Question 1

What can be said about the pattern of Lexical Development?

Answer 1

• Nature
• Very predictable, even followed by Tsimane people at a later age

Question 2

What are Protowords? (9-12 months old)

Answer 2

• Early words only the caregiver understands (e.g. wawa car)
• phase not a stage

Question 3

What is the Holophrastic Change? (12-18 months old)

Answer 3

• Use single words to act as whole phrases

Question 4

What does Katherine Nelson say about a child’s first 50 words? (4 categories)

Answer 4

They are:
- Naming things (e.g. ball, dog)
- Actions (e.g. put, sit)
- Social (e.g. hi, bye)
- Modifying (e.g. dirty, nice)

Question 5

What is Rich