Language development

Question 1

The development of language involves the following stages:

language milestones

Answer 1

1) Cooing: 6-8 weeks
2) Babbling: 3-6 months
3) Echolalia: 9 months
4) First words: 10-15 months
5) Holophrastic speech: 12-15 months
6) Telegraphic speech: 18-24 months

Question 2

A child’s babbling initially includes sounds from all languages but, by about ________of age, it narrows to the sounds and intonation patterns of the child’s native language.

Answer 2

9 months

Question 3

When deaf and hearing infants are regularly exposed to American sign language (ASL) soon after birth, they begin to exhibit manual babbling at about ________ of age. It consists of repetitive hand movements that replicate components of ASL

Answer 3

6 to 8 months

Question 4

Children are able to understand words by about ________ of age but don’t say their first words to express meaning until ________ of age.

Answer 4

• 8 or 9 months
• 10 to 15 months

Question 5

Holophrastic speech involves:

Answer 5

using a single word to express an entire thought, with the meaning of the word depending on the context and the child’s tone of voice.

Question 6

Telegraphic speech consists of:

Answer 6

two content words (nouns, verbs, and adjectives) and omits articles, conjunctions, and other function words. “Want juice,” “doggie gone,” and “good boy” are examples of telegraphic speech.