Language Development

Question 1

Stages of language Development

Answer 1

6 stages

1. Prelinguistic stage (birth-12 months)
2. Holophase/ one-word sentence stage (12 - 18 months)
3. Two-word sentence stage ( 18-24 months )
4. Multiple word sentences stage ( 2-2 1/2 years)
5. Complex grammatical structures stage ( 2 1/2 -3 years)
6. Adult - like language development (3+ years)

Question 2

1. Prelinguistic stage

Answer 2

• Crying, cooing, babbling
• recognizes familiar voices
• begins to understand simple words