infant vocalization

Question 1

why transcribe infant vocalization?

Answer 1

• can predict later language development

- helps identify at risk infants

Question 2

what is a baby’s vocal trap shaped most similarly to?

Answer 2

chimpanzee

Question 3

• a break in vocalization

- listen for audible inspirations and pauses

Answer 3

breath groups

Question 4

• minimal rhythmic unit of speech
• not always meaningful
• count total #

Answer 4

syllables

Question 5

what are the steps to transcribe infant vocalization?

Answer 5

1. identify the breath groups
2. sort the utterances based on communicative intent
3. identify the syllables

Question 6

we do not evaluate

Answer 6

vegetative non speech
involuntary (burps, coughs)
voluntary (grunts)

Question 7

we do evaluate grunts if they have a _______ with them

Answer 7

gesture

Question 8

fussing and whining is ____

Answer 8

intentional

Question 9

• rhythmic pattern
• syllable structure
• phonetic variation

Answer 9

adult speech-like sound criteria

Question 10

the vocal tract changes and speech sounds diversify

Answer 10

0-6 months

Question 11

canonical babbling happens

Answer 11

7-10 months

Question 12

what is canonical babbling?

Answer 12

repeated syllables [m] [a] [m] [a]

Question 13

1st word happens around

Answer 13

12 months

Question 14

babbling happens around

Answer 14

6-12 months

Question 15

complex syllables, jargon and protowords happens around

Answer 15

12-18 months

Question 16

what is jargon?

Answer 16

sounds like a word but isn’t

Question 17

what is a quasi-resonant nuclei

Answer 17

almost vowel sounding

Question 18

what is a full resonant

Answer 18

real vowel sounds

Question 19

where are the vowel sounds produced

Answer 19

tongue body

Question 20

how are consonants produced

Answer 20

• place of articulation

- manner of articulation