A great deal of gestures and body language Fewer utterances per turn (breaking it down into smaller bits, stopping for the child to have their say) Supporting language (when a child says something partly unintelligible, adults often echo the utterance replacing the unclear but with a question to encourage them to repeat it). The other index stuff Phonemic contraction Occurs at around 9-10 months when the number of phonemes in a – child’s vocabulary contracts to just those found in their native language. Studies have found noises made by babies around this age sound different if they have different nationalities. Phonemic expansion Phonemes are the smallest elements of sound. During the – ‘babbling’ phase the number of different phonemes a child knows expands
A great deal of gestures and body language Fewer utterances per turn (breaking it down into smaller bits, stopping for the child to have their say) Supporting language (when a child says something partly unintelligible, adults often echo the utterance replacing the unclear but with a question to encourage them to repeat it). The other index stuff Phonemic contraction – Occurs at around 9-10 months when the number of phonemes in a child’s vocabulary contracts to just those found in their native language. Studies have found noises made by babies around this age sound different if they have different nationalities. Phonemic expansion – Phonemes are the smallest elements of sound. During the ‘babbling’ phase the number of different phonemes a child knows expands