Review article

Overview of early speech - language development

Slavica Vrsaljko ; Odjel za izobrazbu učitelja i odgojitelja Sveučilište u Zadru
Petra Paleka ; Odjel za izobrazbu učitelja i odgojitelja Sveučilište u Zadru

Abstract

This work will give an overview of early speech – language development, from birth to 6 years of age, that is, until school. Speech development is a subtle and complex process that falls under the influence of a variety of factors. In addition, speech development is a social phenomenon whose development is only possible in the context of the human environment in which family plays the biggest role. It is important to know that child development follows certain rules so parents need to know that they can consciously follow and encourage them. In their first five years of age, a child learns to comply with certain rules when talking to others: review their statements, speak when it is their turn, and establish eye contact. Also, the way a person speaks changes with respect to the interlocutor. These are some of the indicators that a child masters by the rules of social language. Other than the key theoretic features of early speech-language development, this work will put an emphasis on the adoption of the meaning of language elements and basic morphological structures (verbs, nouns, adjectives).

Keywords

speech-language development; statement; rules of social language; language elements; morphological structures (verbs, nouns, adjectives)

Hrčak ID:

217843

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/217843

Publication date:

9.3.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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