EXAM Stages Of Child Acquisition

Question 1

Babbling:5-7 months

Answer 1

Seem to be experimenting with sounds and often repeat syllables. Eg: da-da-da

Question 2

One word utterances:12-18 months

Answer 2

Infants discover that sounds relate to meaning. Infant capable of around 50 words but by overgeneralisation they make maximal use of this limited set. Eg- ‘ fly ‘ can mean any small insect

Question 3

Two-word utterances: 18-24 months

Answer 3

Children generate bunch of new words and combine them eg ‘ bye bye ‘. However only contain content words

Question 4

Telegraphic stage:24-30 months

Answer 4

Although looking more sentence like, function words and morphemes are still lacking. After this stage vocabulary expands rapidly