Receptive language - the ability to understand or comprehend the domains of language

Expressive language - the ability to produce or speak language

Developmental milestones - milestones that children reach at a particular age range in a predictable order

Morphology (form) - how sounds form words

Phonology - sound system; phonic

Pragmatics - how we use the form and content of language;

Semantics - meaning system of language; vocabulary

Syntax (form) - how words form sentences

Scaffolding - something to raise or support; support given to a child that facilitates the next skills level

1. Models, prompts, cues, feedback, environmental modifications

Bound morphemes - must be attached to a root word (-s)

Free morphemes - can stand on their own (house)

Derivational morphemes - change the word class of the root morpheme (re, un, ness, ly)

Perlocutionary stage - unintentional stage of communication

Illocutionary stage - intentional communication without the use of words

Locutionary stage - intentional communication expressed with words

Prelinguistic - gestures, eye contact, joint attention, turn taking, etc

Linguistic - language

Metalinguistic - ability to think/talk about language

Normed based assessment - compared to typical or normal developing children

Criterion referenced - determines how many skills a child has at a certain age level

Classical conditioning - involuntary response that happens after a stimulus is presented

Operant conditioning - voluntary response given before the stimulus

Stimulus

Response

Reinforcement

Generalization

Motherese - pattern of talking to young children at “their level”