Question

What does it mean to say that there is information in the speech signal that children could use to figure out language? Provide examples.

Answer 1

Ans) Speech signals consist of a sequence of sounds. These sounds and the transition between them carry the information that needs to be conveyed. These sound sequences obey certain rules. Linguistics is the study of such rules for a certain language.

- Helps children remember words because there is muscle memory involved, and the more senses involved in learning, the greater memory retention the child will have. Improves attentiveness to social gestures of others as well as of themselves. Larger speaking vocabulary and ability to form longer sentences.

Example:

- Baby sign language is the use of manual signing allowing infants and toddlers to communicate emotions, desires, and objects prior to spoken language development.