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Language Development: From Listening to Speaking

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Contributors

Amelia Bachleda, PhD
Naja Ferjan Ramirez, PhD
Jane Hu, PhD
Jennifer Larson, PhD
Sarah Roseberry Lytle, PhD
Lily Shafer
Elizabeth Zack, PhD
Patricia K. Kuhl, PhD
Andrew N. Meltzoff, PhD

Suggested citation:

Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (producer). (2016) Module 10: Language Development: From Listening to Speaking [online module]. Available at: http://modules.ilabs.uw.edu/module/language-development-listening-speaking/

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Definitions and Terms

Back-and-forth or contingent interactions

exchanges where a caregiver times her responses to a child’s behavior

Canonical babbling

producing the same consonant and vowel over and over, such as dadada

Infant-directed speech

a special tone and style of speech used to talk to young children. It’s also called parentese

Joint attention

shared attention between social partners to an object or event

Overextension

using a word to describe more object categories than it actually represents

Underextension

failing to extend a word to other objects in the same category

Vocabulary spurt

rapid growth in word learning

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