Grammar

Question 1

1 - 1 1/2 years.

Answer 1

HOLOPHRASTIC
• 50% of all utterances are nouns.
• mean length of responses is one or two words.

Question 2

1 1/2 - 2 years.

Answer 2

TWO-WORD STAGE.
• follows directions using one or two spatial concepts - in/on.
• negation used in form of “no” (no bed)
• possessive emerging (daddy car).
• refers to self with pronoun and name. (me Tommy)

Question 3

2- 2 1/2 years.

Answer 3

TELEGRAPHIC. 
• articles “a” and “the” appear in sentences 
• present progressive “ing” on verbs 
• regular plural forms emerging 
• uses in/on correctly 
• irregular past tense emerging. 
• uses some contractions in memorised form (don’t, can’t, it’s, that’s) 
•asks basic questions “daddy gone?”
Understands first and second person.

Question 4

2 1/2 - 3 years.

Answer 4

POST - TELEGRAPHIC STAGE. 
• auxiliary “is/am + ing” 
• regular past tense verbs appear (walk/walked)
•uses “s” for possession (daddy’s car)
•uses pronouns - I, me, you, mine. 
• negative “not” emerging. 
• uses contracted form of “is” 
•adverbs of location emerging (here, there)
• begins to use do, can and will. 
• uses imperatives.