LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY

DEVELOPMENT

Development of Language
There is nothing more remarkable than the

emergence of language in children.

A baby can go from his

first birth cry (his

first sound) to producing coos and screeches

to recognizable syllables to saying simple
words then phrases to suddenly producing
full sentences in just a short matter of time.
Language

development begins before a

child is even born, as a fetus is able to
identify the speech and sound patterns
of the mother's voice.

Development of Language
Development of Sound Patterns

Characteristic of an infants
undifferentiated mass activity

life

is

Every muscle is exercised in random fashion,

i.e., legs, arms, eyes, toes, etc.

Vocal apparatus is a muscular system and it

joins the random activity.

Nondirected and uncontrolled movement of jaws,

lips, tongue and vocal cords produces various sounds;
relaxed muscles produces quite different sounds.

Development of Language/Development...

Different
sound
and
random
combinations
is a result of purely
chanced conditions of the physiological
state of the infant.

Some investigators suggested that within

the first 2-3 months, babies make all
the sound that human voices can produce.
All normal babies, notwithstanding
culture or race, produce

UNIVERSAL SOUNDS

Development of Language/Development...

Different
sound
and
random
combinations
is a result of purely
chanced conditions of the physiological
state of the infant.

Some investigators suggested that within

the first 2-3 months, babies make all
the sound that human voices can produce.
All normal babies, notwithstanding
culture or race, produce

UNIVERSAL SOUNDS

Development of Language/Development...

Some speech sounds are produced more

frequently than others.

Frequency pattern of sound reflect the

babys cultural environment
Eliminating the useless sounds
From ability to produce universal sound to
skillful control and patterning of
sound
shift towards a particular pattern is
noticeable as early as 5th or 6th month
develops with age and indicate a
gradual change in capacity.

Development of Language/Development...

Sequence of the development control

are:
Volume (2nd month)
Pitch (3rd or 4th month)
Sequence of sound or syllabic babbling (5th
month)
Non-verbal communication such as pointing,
crawling or gesturing towards her target (end
of 1st year)
Recognizable syllables like ba, da, ga,
ma
Meaningful words as mama
Language comprehension

Development of Language/Content...
Content of Speech:

From egocentric speech (mainly

about ones self) to socialized speech
(other people)
Early socialized speech is unsocial
Criticism of others (tattling, complaining)
Unkind, derogatory comments
Name calling
Boasting about material possessions

Most topic of childrens conversation are

about themselves and their activities.

Development of Language
3 Kinds of Language Learning:
Conditioned Response
Rote Memory Process
Trial and Error
Intelligence
Bright child = higher ability to talk
Type of discipline at home
Permissive vs. Authoritative discipline
Ordinal position
Firstborn children talk more

Development of Language/Chatterbox...
Family size

Only children are encouraged to talk more

than those in large families
Socioeconomic status
Lower class families have less conversation
among members
Racial status
Disorganized families = poor quality of
speech and conversational skills
Bilingualism
Children from bilingual homes talk much at
home but speech is limited outside.

Development of Language
Early childhood is popularly known as

chatterbox age

children talk incessantly.

How
much
young
children
talk
depends upon:
Intelligence
Bright child = higher ability to talk
Type of discipline at home
Permissive vs. Authoritative discipline
Ordinal position
Firstborn children talk more