CLD Language: Phonology

What is likely to play a part in phonological development? Tick all that apply

• Physical development - fine motor skills

• How much TV you watch

• Innate knowledge

• Imitation

In what year did Mehler discover that babies could detect the rhythms and intonations of different languages from within the womb?

• 1978

• 1998

• 1988

• 2008

During the babbling phase, babies rapidly increase the amount of phonemes they can produce. This is called...

• Vocabulary expansion

• Phonemic expansion

• Phonemic contraction

• Phonological expansion

Which of these are features of early phonology? Choose two answers

• It's a pre-verbal stage of development (before words appear)

• Cooing, babbling and proto-words appear

• Production precedes comprehension

• Child learns to say sounds like 'th' and 'r'

Which of the following consonants did David Olmstead, 1971 say that children may have difficulty with at the age of 4? Choose two options

• l in the middle of words eg yellow

• The consonant sound in the middle of pleasure

• M at the start of words

• D in the middle of words

If a child says 'jamas' rather than pyjamas, what has occurred?

• Consonant cluster reduction

• Vowel reduction

• Substitution

• Weak syllable deletion

How old might a child be before they have mastered all consonants and vowels?

• 3 or 4

• 4 or 5

• 5 or 6

• 6 or 7

Which of the following contains a consonant cluster? Tick all that apply

• Dad

• Snake

• Chip

• Three

If a child says 'mousie' instead of mouse, how do we describe this?

• Diminutive suffix

• Reduplication

• Extended syllable

• Diminutive affix

Children find it easier to pronounce consonant sounds at

• The start of words

• The middle of words

• The end of words