Lang Project

3. reinforcement, a response is strengthened when a favorable outcome
12. 2-7 years: child begins to think symbolically, uses imagination and intuition but not abstract thought; uses syntax
13. Operational, 7-11 years: child can use concepts for concrete situations
15. the act of creating new words from existing words; the origin of a word
17. time, space, quantity; still not possible as separate,
18. a word that has fallen out of use entirely
21. Operations, 11+ years: child is able to think theoretically, in the abstract, hypothetically and

1. 0-2 years: child co-ordinates senses and motor control;
2. an approach to language that seeks to prescribe how it should be used
4. the idea that language, in line with society, has become more informal over time
5. a native language is described as acquired rather than learned to highlight the naturalness of this process, and its apparent effortlessness
6. used for demands; object permanence developed
7. gap, space in the language for a new word to come in
8. permanence, the understanding that objects exist always, even when not in view.
9. of proximal development, the space in which the MKO instinctively works, just ahead of where the child is currently capable
10. an approach to language that seeks to describe how people actually use it
11. a new word or expression in a language
14. knowledgeable other, MKO - an individual who models and guides language for a child
16. notions
19. concepts can be transferred from one domain to another
20. grammar to fill out language.
22. such as praise