Language Examples In Children

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INTRODUCTION Language samples of children are helpful to see what stage they are at in their language development. By looking at different aspects of their normal speech you can get a pretty clear picture of where the child is at. The language sample that I am going to be talking about is on a little girl names Olivia. She is four years old and is talking to her Aunt. They are playing with some of her toys in a good environment. I feel that this is a good language sample because it is in an environment she is used too with someone she knows.
SEMANTICS
Semantics is the study of word meaning. For her age she is one track with her word order. She successfully demonstrates that she is able to place words in Agent + Action, Action + Object,
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Olivia demonstrates that she can properly organize words in a sentence. She shows that she can use words like ‘in’, ‘on’, and articles in these sentences here, “We went in the back (um) of the store,” “I just use the wedgie on my skies,” “And I have a carriage.” This is common for her age, but she does not, however, demonstrate that she can properly use a past regular verb that send in -ed. This is normal for her age, but since she is able to understand time she should be able to use a word that sends in -ed. I conclude that she would be able to use a word with an -ed ending and she did not get the opportunity in this language sample. It would make sense that should count used an -ed form properly because she used a past tense time word when she used the word before, as I previously mentioned in my …show more content…
I feel this way because for a four year old she is in the range that a child her age is normally at. As for semantics, phonology, pragmatics, and syntax she is also where she needs to be because although she did not use all the conversational acts in the different categories, she is at the normal stage or someone her age. As for suggestions I have for the family at home I would work on the sounds she is still having trouble pronouncing, and also making words plural in the correct way. Olivia is doing well with her language stills so far and she should be progressing at a steady

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