Developments in telegraphic stage Flashcards
How do children use rising intonation before telegraphic stage ?
To ask questions
What is the second stage of children learning to ask questions?
They learn words such as what, where and when but can only form it as ‘where daddy’
How does a negative sentence begin?
A child will construct a negative by putting no at the start or end of an utterance
The second stage of negative sentences
A child learns to insert negator in the middle of an utterance
eg. I want no drink
Final stage of negative sentences
Child learns to use the right auxiliary consistently
eg. I don’t want a drink
What tense does a child use first
At first the child can only use simple present
What is the second tense a child learns?
Present progressive
goes from ‘I eat’ to ‘I am eating’
What tense comes after the present progressive?
The child learns simple past
eg. I walked
What tense to children learn last
Lastly children learn exceptions
eg. I see becomes I saw
and not I seed
examples of enumerative adjectives
one
two
some
many
examples of possessive adjectives
my
your
his
examples of demonstrative pronouns
this
that
these
those
name the two types of articles learnt in the telegraphic stage
Definite article- THE
Indefinite article- A
