Language Development from Infancy to Adulthood - Prof. Jenessa Steele, Study notes of Developmental Psychology

Download Language Development from Infancy to Adulthood - Prof. Jenessa Steele and more Study notes Developmental Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! 1 Language Lecture 2 of 2 Week of February 25th 2007 Language Development in Infancy • Milestones – Crying – Cooing – Babbling – Gestures • First Words – Receptive vocab exceeds spoken vocab – Common first words… Language Development in Infancy • Vocab expansion – 18 mos – 24 mos - Vocabulary spurt - Overextension - Underextension • Two-Word Utterances – Telegraphic speech 2 Language in Early Childhood • Ages 2-3… • Grasping of language rule systems…may make mistakes • Understand phonology & morphology – Overgeneralizing – Morphology study with fictional words Language in Early Childhood • Understanding Syntax • Semantics Language Middle/Late Childhood • Vocab & Grammar • Reading – Whole-language speech – Basic-skills-and-phonics speech – Blending & segmentation • Writing