Lexical & Semantic Development

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Child language acquisition mind map about the early stages of development.
megan langdon
Mind Map by megan langdon, updated more than 1 year ago
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Lexical & Semantic Development
  1. Lexical development
    1. Child's acquisition of words
    2. Semantic development
      1. Child's acquisition of meanings associated w/ those words
      2. REMEMBER
        1. Vocab acquisition does NOT end at certain age
          1. We cont hearing & learning new words throughout life
          2. Rate of acquisition
            1. End of 1st yr
              1. Child begins to speak
              2. 18 months
                1. Vocab of about 50 words
                2. 2 yrs
                  1. Vocab of about 200 words
                  2. 5 yrs
                    1. Vocab about 2,000 words
                    2. 7 yrs
                      1. Vocab about 4,000 words
                    3. Understanding
                      1. Prev figures refer to word use
                        1. At each stage, no of words understood by child is expected to be higher
                          1. 18 months - 250 words understood
                          2. Meanings
                            1. When a child adds new word to vocab, they are NOT immediately aware of its full range of meanings
                              1. More time required to acquire this additional knowledge
                              2. First words
                                1. Research has shown there are predictable patterns in the words & word classes first acquired by children
                                  1. Entities
                                    1. Properties
                                      1. Actions
                                        1. Personal - social
                                          1. Predictably a large proportion of child's 1st words refer to familiar people, objects & aspects of social interaction
                                          2. Word classes
                                            1. Nouns
                                              1. Verbs
                                                1. Adjectives
                                                  1. Concrete nouns
                                                    1. 5 - 7 yrs
                                                      1. Abstract nouns begin to be used
                                                      2. Grammatical function words
                                                        1. Noticeably absent in early stages of lexical acquisition
                                                      3. Under - Extension
                                                        1. Common semantic error made by children
                                                          1. Word is given a narrower (under extended) meaning
                                                            1. 'Cat' is family pet but NOT other cats
                                                            2. Over - Extension
                                                              1. Another common semantic error
                                                                1. Opposite of under - extension
                                                                  1. Word is given a broader (more gen) meaning
                                                                    1. 'Daddy' for all men not just daddy
                                                                      1. More common then under - extension
                                                                        1. 50 word vocab
                                                                          1. 1/3 likely to be over - extended
                                                                        2. Getting it right
                                                                          1. Age 2 1/2
                                                                            1. Marked decrease in no of over - extensions
                                                                            2. Explanation
                                                                              1. Child's vocab
                                                                            3. Understanding
                                                                              1. Remember
                                                                                1. Children's understanding of word meanings is ahead of ability to produce corresponding words
                                                                              2. Aitchinson (1987)
                                                                                1. 3 stages / processes occur during acquisition of vocab
                                                                                  1. Labelling
                                                                                    1. Packaging
                                                                                      1. Network building
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