Form, Content, & Use

What are the 5 components of language?

Phonology, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax, and Pragmatics

What is Form?

Phonology, Morphology, Syntax

What is Use?

Pragmatics

What is Content?

Semantics

What is Syntax?

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language; sentence structure.

If a child had deficits in pragmatics, what goals would be targeted?

The clinician could target "wh" questions, turn-taking, making statements coherent and logical, maintaining a topic, repairing communication breakdown, labeling, commenting, and protesting.

If a child had deficits in semantics, what goals would be targeted?

The clinician would expand the child's lexicon by working on different aspects of vocabulary development (antonyms, synonyms, multiple meanings of words, humor, figurative language) as well as semantic categories.

If a child had deficits in phonology, what goals would be targeted?

The clinician would target phonological processes.

If a child had deficits in syntax, what goals would be targeted?

The clinician would target the formation of sentences (simple, compound, complex) also the variety of sentences based on their function (passive, active, interrogatives, declaratives, imperatives, exclamatory).

If a child had deficits in morphology, what goals would be targeted?

The clinician would target verb forms or grammatical morphemes.

What is Semantics?

The study of meaning in language. The semantic component is the meaning conveyed by words, phrases, and sentences.

What is Pragmatics?

The study of rules that govern the use of language in social situations. Use of language in social context.

What is Phonology?

The study of the sound system of a language.

What is Morphology?

The study of word structure. It describes how words out of basic elements; morphemes.