child language - grammatical development

Question 1

describe the one word/ holophrastic stage

Answer 1

12-18 months, child speaks one word utterances

Question 2

describe the two word stage

Answer 2

two word sentences usually appear when a child is 18 months old, in this stage the child focuses on the key words and misses out words that convey less information

Question 3

describe the telegraphic stage

Answer 3

from the age of around 2, beginning to produce 3 and 4 word utterances, some are grammatically complete others miss out key grammatical features. articles, auxiliary verbs, prepositions and conjunctions may be missing

Question 4

describe the post telegraphic stage

Answer 4

3+ years, child begins to use auxiliary verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, articles, questions and negatives

Question 5

what are auxiliary verbs

Answer 5

used together with a main verb to show the verbs tense or form a negative or question (have, be and do)

Question 6

what are conjunctions

Answer 6

a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (and, but, if)

Question 7

what are inflections

Answer 7

word endings e.g. -ing, -ed

Question 8

what are prepositions

Answer 8

a word governing and preceding a noun