1. Beginnings of Communication
Chapter 1
Beginnings of Communication

2. Affective sphere Affectionate feelings
Affectionate feelings shaped through experience
Experiences are double-coded as physical/cognitive and emotional

3. Important Vocabulary
Language: intentional communication and self-expression through sounds, signs (gestures), or symbols that are understandable to others
Communication: giving & receiving information, signals or messages.
Holophrases (holographic speech): use of one word to convey the meaning of an entire sentence

4. Theories of language emergence
Behaviorist (stimulus-response) Skinner
Maturational (normative) Gesell
Predetermined (LAD) Chomsky
Cognitive-transactional Piaget/Bruner/Hunt
Vygotsky
Children construct knowledge
Development cannot be separated from its social context
Learning can lead development
Language plays a central role in mental development
Constructivism

5. Stages of vocalization
(0-2 mos.) Reflexive vocalization
(2-4 mos.) Cooing and laughter
(4-6 mos.) Vocal play
(6+ mos.) Canonical babbling
Reduplicated & variegated
(10+ mos.) Jargon

6. Speech sounds Phonation – vibrating folds of larynx
Resonation – voice quality (larynx, mouth & nose)
Articulation – movements of mouth & jaw
Voiced b
Unvoiced p