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Metalinguistics

Metalinguistics. Definition It’s a ‘Meta’ Metacognition Metalinguistics Theorists: VanKleeck - Clark - Emergent-Literacy through VanKleeck. Metalinguistics Importance #2. Importance: the pinnacle of language development ability to analyze language use ‘higher forms’

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Metalinguistics

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  1. Metalinguistics • Definition • It’s a ‘Meta’ • Metacognition • Metalinguistics • Theorists: • VanKleeck - • Clark - • Emergent-Literacy through VanKleeck

  2. Metalinguistics Importance #2 • Importance: the pinnacle of language development • ability to analyze language • use ‘higher forms’ • oral language-literacy connection

  3. Aspects ofMetalinguistics#3 • 1. Taxonomies • VanKleeck-more literacy focused • Clark more language focused • 2. Comprises • 1. Meta-components • meta p,p,s,s • 2. Performatives • humor • figurative language • idioms proverbs • metaphors similes • 3. Emergent Literacy

  4. Clark’s Taxonomy, 1.6-4yrs • 1.6-2 years • Monitor’s one’s on-going utterances • repair spontaneously • practice sounds, words simple sentences • adjust one’s speech to different listeners • 3-4 years • Check the results of one’s utterance • check whether the listener has understood: if not repair • comment explicitly on own utterances and those of others • correct others

  5. Clark’s taxonomy, 3-4 yrs. cont. • 3-4 years, continued • test for reality • decide whether a word or sentence ‘works in furthering listener understanding • attempt to learn language deliberately • practice new sounds,words, sentences • practice speech styles of different roles

  6. Clark’s taxonomy, School-age • School-age • predict consequences of using particular forms (inflections, words, phrases sentences) • apply appropriate inflections to ‘new’ words • judge utterances as appropriate for a speech listener or setting • correct word order and wording in sentences judged as ‘wrong’

  7. Clark’s Taxonomy, School Age finish • reflect on the product of an utterance • identify specific linguistic units • explains why some sentences are possible and how to interpret them • provide definitions of words, multiple meaning words, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms • uses performatives

  8. Metalinguistic Taxonomies • Clarks taxonomy • Van Kleecks (more emergent literacy focused) • Four Stages • Stage I (Age 1.6-2) • distinguishes Print from non-print • knows how to interact with books: right side up, turning from left to right • Recognizes some printed symbols brand names (logographic)

  9. VanKleeck’s Taxonomy#VK2 • Phase II ( Ages 2-6) • ascertains word boundaries in spoken sentences • ascertains word boundaries in printed words • engages in word substitution play • plays with the sounds of the language • begins to talk about language parts of about talking ( speech acts) • corrects own speech/language to help the listener understand the message (spontaneously or in response to the listener request) • self-monitors own speech and makes changes to more closely approximate the adult model; phonological first, lexical and semantic speech style last • believes that a word is an integral part of the object to which it refers (word realism) • inability to consider that one word could have different meanings

  10. Van Kleeck’s Taxonomy #VK3 • Stage 3 (ages 6-10) • Begins to take listener perspective and use language form to match • Understands verbal humor involving linguistic ambiguity: riddles • Able to resolve ambiguity • lexical first: homophones • deep structure (will you join me in a bowl of soup • morphologic/phonologic (What do you have if you put three ducks in a box? “A box of quackers)

  11. Van Kleek’s Taxonomy #VK4 • Able to understand word can have multiple meanings • Able to resequence language elements • (brown, the, fence fox, over, jumped, the) • Able to segment syllables into phonemes • Finds it difficult to appreciate Figurative Forms other than Idioms • Stage IV (Ages 10 + • Able to extend language meaning to figurative language ( hypothetical realms for metaphors, similes, parodies, analogies) • Able to manipulate various speech styles to fit a variety of contexts and listeners

  12. Metalinguistics’s Skills • Metalinguistic Components • 1. Meta-components • meta p,p,s,s • Metapragmatics: ‘Why” it’s important to say “Thank you” • Metaphonology: phonemic awareness • Metasemantics: explaining what a word means, multiple meaning words, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, multiple meaning words • Metasyntax: parts of speech, diagramming

  13. Metalinguistics Components • 2. Performatives • humor • visual • verbal • inferential (deep structure) • ambiguity • figurative language • idioms: Strike a bargain, hop a plane, break a date • metaphors: Your teeth are like stars, they come out at night • proverbs: A penny saved, is a penny earned • analogies: A father is a man, a mother is a …. • Similes

  14. Metalinguistics Components • -3. Emergent Literacy • Text manipulation • Discourse Competency • Text Comprehension • Phonologic Awareness

  15. METALINGUISTICS Summary • 1. Definition • 2. Taxonomies • VanKleeck • Clark • 3. Components • 1. Meta-components: pragmatics, phonology, semantics, syntax • 2. Performatives • humor multiple meaning words • figurative language • idioms similes • proverbs metaphors • 3. Emergent Literacy

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