PRESCHOOLERS’ DEVELOPING MORPHOSYNTACTIC 幼儿发展的形态.pptVIP

1. Complex sentence: Has indep. clause and dependent clause** We will go to the party if it is not raining. (main/indep. clause) (subordinate/dep. clause) I talked to the boy who has red hair. (main/indep. clause) (subordinate/dep. clause) 2. **Compound sentence: 2 independent clauses are linked together by a conjunction We ate cookies and they were good. (main/indep. clause) (main/indep. clause) John liked her but she didn’t like him. (main/indep. clause) (main/indep. clause) Coordinating conjunctions: Examples of sentences using coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences:** I wanted to get an A on the test, so I studied hard. We could eat popcorn or we could have Doritos. She wanted to go shopping, but she didn’t have any money. Rescorla, L., Turner, H.L. (2015, April). Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58, 434-444.** This study looked at late talkers (at age 2) in comparison to typically-developing children Late talkers usually understand what they hear, but they are late in expressive language The study found: Thus… How can we help parents be motivated to seek early intervention for their LTs? Power Point Outline** I. Mastering Grammatical Morphemes II. Developing Syntactic Elements III. Basic Sentence Structure PRESCHOOLERS’ DEVELOPING MORPHOSYNTACTIC SKILLS Power Point Outline** I. Mastering Grammatical Morphemes II. Developing Syntactic Elements III. Basic Sentence Structure I. MASTERING GRAMMATICAL MORPHEMES** Around 18 mos. of age, when children start putting two words together, we see grammatical morphemes emerge For the test, please know Table 9.1 on page 255 Morpheme Age Mastery** -ing 19-28 mos. Regular plural –s 27-33 mos. Possessive –s 26-40 mos. Past tense –ed 26-48 mos. Regular 3rd person –s 26-46 mos. To assess children’s morphosyntactic skills:** We calculate MLU, or mean length of utterance Instead of counting words, we count actual morphemes Remember, we have free