Child Language) Phonological Development

Question 1

Pre birth stage . 1

Answer 1

Babies learn sounds of their mother’s voice within the womb

Question 2

Pre verbal stage . 4

Answer 2

0-2 months in - cooing
6 months in - babbling
Reduplicated and variegated babbling
Carries on till about 1 year

Question 3

1 word/holophrastic stage . 4

Answer 3

12-18 months in
Child conveys sentence worth of meaning in just 1 word
Child deliberately conveying meaning through single word choice
First word often mama and dada

Question 4

Two word stage . 2

Answer 4

18-24 months in

Grammatically correct sentences (subject+verb, verb+object)

Question 5

Telegraphic stage . 4

Answer 5

24-36 months in
3 or 4 utterances
Subject verb object sentences used
By age of 3 have learned wh-questions, imperatives and simple sentences

Question 6

Post telegraphic stage. 4

Answer 6

36 months onwards
Rapid progression
Can use determiners, multiple clauses and coordinating conjunctions
Age 4-5 - learn to use inflectional affixes (ing, Ed, s)

Question 7

Order of stages of develop. 6

Answer 7

Pre birth - before birth 
Pre verbal - 0 to 6 months
1 word/holophrastic stage - 12 to 18 months
2 word stage - 18 to 24 months 
Telegraphic - 24 to 36 months
Post telegraphic - 36 months onwards

Question 8

What’s reduplicated babbling

Answer 8

Repeating same sounds

Question 9

What’s variegated babbling

Answer 9

Mixing sounds