PRESCHOOLERS

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PRESCHOOLERS DEVELOPING MORPHOSYNTACTIC SKILLS
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Remember that

• McLaughlin ch. 8 is not on the examthe exam is
  based entirely on these lecture notes
• The exception is Table 8-2 on p. 310please
  memorize thisits always on the PRAXIS! And you
  need it for the real world too ?

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Turnbull Justice, 2012-Remember that
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However (Turnbull Justice, 2012)
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I. MASTERING GRAMMATICAL MORPHEMES

• Around 18 mos. of age, when children start
  putting two words together, we see grammatical
  morphemes emerge
• Browns Morphemes p. 310on testespecially order
  of development
• Examples
• 1. -ing
• 2. In
• 3. On
• 4. Regular plural -s

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To assess childrens morphosyntactic skills
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Words vs. morphemes

• We wanted to eat cookies.
• 5 words
• 7 morphemes
• The PRAXIS always asks you to count the of
  morphemes in an utterance

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How many morphemes?

• The two girls wanted four cookies.
• We played all day with my friends toys.
• Hes going to cook eggs and bacon.

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Count the morphemes in Mark McKibbins utterances

• (2.5 yrs old) I need to get my shoes and socks
  on because the stones will hurt my feet.
• (3 yrs. old) Madame Blueberry was sad because
  they didnt have happy hearts at the Stuffmart.
• (3 yrs old) I will give my old pillow to the
  poor children so they can sleep better.

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II. DEVELOPING SYNTACTIC ELEMENTS

• A. Basic Sentence Constituents
• 1.

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2. Clause
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3. Sentence
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4. Noun phrase

• Sentence role filled by people and objects
• The boy is blowing out his candles.

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5. Verb phrase

• Actions or relationships that are central to the
  sentence
• The girl lifts the beach ball.

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• The little red hen was eating corn.
• NP VP
• The students are taking notes.
• NP VP
• The leaves were falling down.
• NP VP
• The baby was laughing at the dog.
• NP VP

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B. Noun Phrase Elements

• 1.

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• 2.
• 3.

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The derivational noun suffix -er
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C. Verb Phrase Elements
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Examples of copula verbs

• Am, is, are, was, were
• He is a boy scout.
• They were in their car.
• I am happy.

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By 5 years of age

• Children have mastered most verb forms

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III. BASIC SENTENCE STRUCTURE (review)

• A. Types of Sentences
• 1.
• 2.

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3. Negative
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4. Passive
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B. Complex and Compound Sentences

• Independent or main clausecan stand alone
• Dependent or subordinate clausecannot stand alone

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• 1. Complex sentence Has indep. clause and
  dependent clause
• We will go to the party if it is not raining.
• (main/indep. clause) (subordinate/dep. clause)
• I talked to the boy who has red hair.
• (main/indep. clause) (subordinate/dep. clause)

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• 2. Compound sentence 2 independent clauses are
  linked together by a conjunction
• We ate cookies and they were good.
• (main/indep. clause) (main/indep. clause)
• John liked her but she didnt like him.
• (main/indep. clause) (main/indep. clause)

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Coordinating conjunctions
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Examples of sentences using coordinating
conjunctions in compound sentences

• I wanted to get an A on the test, so I studied
  hard.
• We could eat pizza or we could have Chinese food.
• She wanted to go shopping, but she didnt have
  any money.

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• Rescorla, 2008 ASHA Leader article (Sept. 23)
• Late Talkers Show Language Weakness into
  Adolescence

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20 years ago
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Follow-ups showed that
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Thus
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How can we help parents be motivated to seek
early intervention for their LTs?