Communication Sciences and Disorders 4411A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: 18 Months, Idiopathy, Language Development

• School: Western University
• Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Course: Communication Sciences and Disorders 4411A/B
• Professor: Hillary Ganek

Document Summary

Communication sciences and disorders 4411a lecture 5: child language disorders i. Language = a formal system of words (or signs) and symbols (i. e. gestures) that are used to convey meaning. Words (oral or written) and gestures/facial expressions. Meaning of message you are trying to relay. Social rules of how we convey the message. Phonology = study of sound system of languages. Phonemes = use of sound in language that convey meaning. /p/ and /b/ are different phonemes ( pat vs bat ) Phonotactics rules for combining phonemes into syllables and words (3 types of constraints): Some sounds we dont let at the beginning only at end of word. Rules for the beginning of a syllable or word. Example 1 plural s added to word-final voiced consonant = /z/ Example 1 plural s added to word-final voiceless consonant = /s/ Example 2 /dm/ cannot appear at beginning of words. Example 2 /dm/ can appear in middle of words.