Across
- 6. nonverbal forms of communication during a conversation
- 9. stage language development stage between 0-1
- 11. a single unit of speech often between pauses or turns
- 12. person responsible for behaviourist theory
- 14. speaker changes the subject during a conversation
- 15. the rise and fall of voice pitch while someone is speaking
- 16. theory that proposes Proposes that language learning is a result of mental processes like memory, attention, and problem-solving are essential for a child to construct knowledge and make sense of language
- 20. language used to talk about language itself
- 21. stage of language development between 1-2; first attempt at grammar and creating meaning from phrases
- 22. person responsible for interaction theory
- 25. verbal or non verbal features that show active listening
Down
- 1. aspects of speech that are not words like tone, pitch, and volume
- 2. stage of language development between 2-3; expresses meaning through limited lexis, overextension and underextension
- 3. a connected stretch of spoken or written language
- 4. language talk used to maintain relationships rather than exchange information like "how are you?"
- 5. stage of language development between 3-5; starting to sustain conversation and use language in a more complex way
- 7. leaving out words that are understood from context
- 8. theory that suggests that humans are born with an innate ability to learn language
- 10. person responsible for cognitive theory
- 12. language development stage concerning the infant in the womb
- 13. words that rely on context to make sense like this that these or those
- 17. person responsible for innateness theory
- 18. theory that suggests language acquisition is a result of social interaction and communication between children and their caregivers
- 19. theory that proposes that language is learned through environmental interactions; imitation, practice, reinforcement
- 23. leaving out sounds or symbols in speech like gonna instead of going to
- 24. level of social or conversational power someone holds in an interaction
