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Parentese and Baby Talk Abdulaziz B Assanosi Prince Sattam ibn Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia
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Parentese and Baby Talk
Parentese and Baby TalkAbdulaziz B AssanosiPrince Sattam ibn Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia
Review What comes first: speech production or speech comprehension?The absence of utterance IS NOT indicator of to lack of language knowledge, prove.What are the three cases of speech comprehension?Describe the relationship between production, thought and speech comprehension?What are the characteristics of the language that directed to children?25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
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Important ConceptsBefore we starts there are two concepts to understand:Innatism Input
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Innatism Innatismis a philosophical doctrine that holds that the child is born with ideas/knowledge, and that therefore the mind is not a 'blank slate' at birth, as early researchers thought. It asserts that not all knowledge is gained from experience and the senses. 25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
Innatism 25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
Innatism 25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
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Characteristics of INPUTChildren know certain things of the language just by being exposed to a limited number of samples.This sample is sometimes called (INPUT)The language children are exposed to does not contain examples of all the linguistic rules and patterns.In Psycholinguistics, it is called (motherese, or parentese) language
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Parentese The nature of the speech and environmental input which children receive is essential for language learning. The input should be suitable and personal.Limited and impersonal input distort language acquisition.Parentese is [the sort of speech that children receive when they are young]Parentese [mothese caregiver speech child-directed speech] has special characteristics.25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
Characteristics of Parentese1. Immediacy and Concreteness:Parents talk to their children about things related to their immediate environment. These include their human needs [food-drinks-cleaning]They include things around them [clothes-toys-pets]This feature is called immediacy.
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Characteristics of Parentese1. Immediacy and Concreteness:Parentese is also about concrete things. Parents talk about things that children can touch,hearAbstract things are not included in parentese [pride-anger-change-development-hope-history or future]This make it easy to children to realize language.
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Characteristics of Parentese2- Grammaticality of inputThe speech directed to children is grammatical and simplified.Parents do not use ungrammatical sentences.Grammaticality help children to discover and apply structures that govern sentences.There are rare cases where ungrammatical sentences occur.This doesnt affect the acquisition of language by children.
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Characteristics of Parentese2- Grammaticality of inputParents sometimes commit mistakes while they are talking. (slips of the tongue).Children do not imitate these mistakes and they are not influenced by them.This was a further evidence that support innatess theory.
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Characteristics of Parentese3- Short Sentences and Simple Structures:Parents use simple sentences when they talk to children [Subject,Verb,Object]Compound and complex sentences are not found in parentese.The cat drank milk.The cat which you like drank milk.That the cat drink milk is a good thing to see.
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Characteristics of Parentese4- Short and simple Vocabulary:Parents use simple words when they talk to children [common words]Technical, formal and scientific words are not found in parentese.Give / provide.See / noticeHard / toughShort & Simple Vocabulary25/08/3715Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
Characteristics of Parentese4- Short and simple Vocabulary:Parents also use simplified phonology and structure of words.byebye not good byewawa not watermama not mothergranma not grandmotherShort & Simple Vocabulary25/08/3716Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
Characteristics of Parentese5- Exaggerated phonology:This include exaggerate intonation.. Slow tempo .. And high pitch.Stress is sometimes overused to make children understand. Pauses are also used repeatedly to enable children to follow the parents speech.Exaggerated phonology 25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
Characteristics of Parentese5- Exaggerated phonology:These feature are used more with younger children.The language that is directed to 2-year-old child is different from that which is directed to 6-year-old.Example of parentese.Exaggerated phonology 25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
Checkpoint Define [perentese].Name other terms used to indicate parentese.What are the features of parentese?Why should parentese be immediate and concrete?Explain the crammatical status of parenteseDescribe the vocabulary of parentese.Explain the phonology of parentese
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Example of parentese / baby talkFirst I saw the white bear, then I saw the black bear then I saw the camel with a hump on his black then I saw the gray wolf with muttin in his ma that is his mouth. Then I saw the one bat waddle in the stra yes waddling along. Then I saw the elephant and waving of his trunk. Yes the elephant waves his trunk. Then I saw the monkeys, mercy how unpleasantly they smelt. Yak, monkeys smelly.
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Baby talkIt is a form of parentese, but it contained an overly simplified vocabulary and syntax.Originally baby talk is taken from children language.Some children words are standardized as vocabulary from baby talk.Each language and culture has its own language and vocabulary.
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Baby talkParents use this language to make speech easy-to-understand for children.It is also used to build relationships between parents and children.It is used by children to speak to younger children.These words are transmitted over generations.Baby talk influence vocabulary and syntax.
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Baby talk1- Vocabulary: Generally, words are modified to suit children abilities. Then they are used by parents.Sometimes they imitate the sounds made by the entity it refers to [ bow-wow] for dog [mow for cat] [choo-choo] for train [vurr vurr] for car.Sometimes baby talk vocabulary are formed by adding [ie] to the end of the word like [kitty, ducky, horsey]
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Baby talk1- vocabulary: Most baby talk word are formed by duplication of specific syllable of words [da da, baba, mama, dodo, dum dum]This feature is universal [found in every world language] can you provide example/s from Arabic?
dum-dum25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
Baby talk2- Syntax: Syntax is less important in baby talk.Parents use speech that looks like telegraphic speech [remember the characteristics of telegraphic speech?]Names are used instead of personal pronouns. [mummy love Charlie, instead of [I love you].Fixed proper nouns are easier than pronouns
[ I ] is confusing because every one uses it !!!!, and who is SHE !! How many HEs in Charlies family!!!]25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
Baby talk3- Topics: Generally, baby talk is about specific topics:The usual topics are: (members of the family, animals, parts of the body, food, and clothing].These topic are interesting to babies.Conversations with children are mostly about the present and the here-and-now, rather than topics pertaining to another time, past or future.
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Baby talk1- Examples: A Peke, the ickle angel pet, wiv his gweat big soulful eyes and his ickle black nosie oh so ducky-duck!.
Pekke, the little angel pet, waved his great big soulful eyes and his little black nose. Oh what a great duck!!
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Imitation Imitation is important, but language is not learned by imitation only.Imitation can apply only to speech production [not comprehension].Therefor, imitation is not involved in primary language learning.Children cannot imitate rules [because rules are abstract and cannot be copied] they imitate the output only.25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
productivity by ruleImitation can not explain utterances like: [ foots*, tooths*, goed*, drived*] or [what we can do?*] [she is eating what]This is called [productivity by rule] children formulated rules in their minds, and helearns exception to the rules later.Some times children may even produce words like wented* - droved* 25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
TerminusWhat are the characteristics of baby talk vocabulary?Where do baby talk originated from?Describe the syntax of baby talk?What is the role of imitation in language learning: in details?Why do children sometimes produce structures like [writed. Sleeped and sheeps].25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
Thank you This presentation is for classroom usage, it contains gaps to be filled by classroom discussion. For more detailed information, consult the reference book:An introduction to Psycholinguistics, second edition (2006)Danny Steinberg and Natalia, Sciarini.The audio file for the [example of parentese and baby talk] is available on blackboard.25/08/37Abdulaziz B Assanosi. [email protected]
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