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AnnouncementsOn-lineBlackboardquizforchapter4isnowup.Youmaytakeit5times,topscorecountsIampushingExam2backaday.WewillhavetheexamonFeb.28.LanguagedevelopmentsectionincludesinformationfromChapter3,pages72-87Homework#2duetoday

Thelanguageexplosionisnotjusttheresultofsimplesemanticdevelopment;thechildisnotjustaddingmorewordstohis/hervocabulary.Childismasteringbasicsyntacticandmorphologicalprocesses.Languageexplosioncontinues

Take100utterancesandcountthenumberofmorphemesperutteranceSyntaxDaddycoming.Hi,car.Daddycarcomed.Twocaroutside.Itgettingdark.Allgoneoutside.Bye-byeoutside.#morphemes:3,2,4,3,4,2,2‘-ing’and‘-ed’separatemorphemes‘allgone’treatedasasinglewordMLU=morphemes/utterances=20/7=2.86Meanlengthofutterance(MLU)inmorphemes

Proto-syntax(??)Holophrases(around1-1.5years)Single-wordutterancesmaybeusedtoexpressmorethanthemeaningusuallyattributedtothatsinglewordbyadultsLanguageexplosioncontinues“dog”mightrefertothedogisdrinkingwaterTypicallyidiosyncratic,butsomeconventional/common(e.g.,indicatetheexistenceofanobject,requestrecurrenceofobjectorevent)OftencombinedwithintonationorgestureControversialclaim:Mayreflectadevelopingsenseofsyntax,butnotyetknowinghowtouseit(e.g.,seeBloom,1973)

SyntaxRogerBrown(1973)proposed5stages(determinedbyMLUnotage)Stage1:Telegraphicspeech(MLU~1.75;around24months)ChildrenbegintocombinewordsintoutterancesLimitedtoasmallset(11)ofsemanticrelations(75%oftheirutterances)LanguageexplosioncontinuesChildrenintelegraphicspeechstagearesaidtoleaveoutthe‘littlewords’andinflections:e.g.“Mummyshoe”NOTMummy’sshoe“Twocat”NOTtwocatsDebate:learningsemanticrelationsorsyntactic(positionrules)“babysleep”agentactionorNounVerb

MorethantwowordsStages2through5Stage2(MLU~2.25)