5 Aspect of Language

PHONOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE:

Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize and work with sounds in spoken language. Phonological awareness is the foundation for learning to read. Some kids pick it up naturally but others need to be taught. Phonemic knowledge  is the knowledge of sound- symbol relations and sound patterns represented in language. Distinct speech sounds in language.

Learning phonics will aid your child as they learn to read and write.  Knowing the sounds letters make as well as the sound letter combinations make will help your child as they decode words.

SYNTACTIC KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of how words can be combined to create meaningful sentences. Syntactic Knowledge is important as students begin learning more complex grammar rules.

PRAGMATIC KNOWLEDGE:

Pragmatic Knowledge is the knowledge of different ways in which language is used in different settings and for different purposes. An example of this is how you would speak more casually with your best friend than with your best friend's parents. Characteristics of normal development relating to this aspect include, dialogic turn taking, role playing, and things are communicated in a variety of ways using different levels of pitch, loudness, and tempo as well as nonverbal behaviors. Pragmatic Knowledge is understanding language is used differently in different situations. It is important as children learn conversational rules, how to be polite, and social register.

MORPHEMIC KNOWLEDGE:

Morphemic Knowledge is the knowledge of word structure. Linguistic units that are combined to create words. This is important to give words new meanings and make sure words are used grammatically correct. A knowledge of morphemes, morphemic processes and different forms and combinations of morphemes (for example, the word ‘unfriendly’ is formed from the stem ‘friend’, the adjective-forming suffix ‘-ly’ and the negative prefix ‘un-’).

SEMANTIC KNOWLEDGE:

Semantic Knowledge is the aspect of language that involves word meaning and word labels. This is important as it widens your child’s vocabulary. Semantic memory refers to a portion of long-term memory that processes ideas and concepts that are not drawn from personal experience. Semantic memory includes things that are common knowledge, such as the names of colors, the sounds of letters, the capitals of countries and other basic facts acquired over a lifetime.

The concept of semantic memory is fairly new. It was introduced in 1972 as the result of collaboration between Endel Tulving of the University of Toronto and Wayne Donaldson of the University of New Brunswick on the impact of organization in human memory.

Happy Learning!

Anamika Gupta

IAAN