stages of child language acquisition Flashcards
1
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pre-verbal stage
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2+ months: comfort sounds
2-6 months: reactions to parental voice and actions
4-7 months: participate in vocal play
2
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holophrastic stage
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12-18 months: also known as one word stage
majority of words are nouns (50%)
verbs and modifiers are emerging
further understanding of phonology
3
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two word stage
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18-24 months: child begins to make syntactical structures and develops standard english
eg: mummy+wave
4
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telegraphic stage
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24-36 months: child’s vocabulary increases, 20-30 new words a day
three or more words join together
most important content words are used
articles, auxiliary verbs, verbs, prepositions and missed
issues with overextension
5
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post telegraphic stage
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36+ months: majority of words are now understood and used correctly increased awareness in grammatical rules tone is fully recognised politeness is understood auxiliary verbs now understood
