Week 8

INTER-individual differences = Differences in rate of development (a)   children of the same age.

INTRA-individual differences = Differences in rate of development (a)   one child.

Both the ________ and _______ of language input are important factors in the rate of children's vocabulary development.

• Quantity

• Quality

• Syntax

• Semantics

What is the % of different word roots?

• Token-Type Ratio (TTR)

• Text-Type Ratio (TTR)

• Type-Token Ratio (TTR)

• Type-Text Ratio (TTR)

Match the following. Which examples match instances of LOW, AVERAGE, and HIGH TTR?

• cat, cat, ball, ball, dog, dog, eat, eat

• Average TTR

• cat, cat, cat, cat, ball, ball, ball....

• High TTR

• cat, ball, dog, eat, go, bed, mom, dad..

• Low TTR