Stages Of Early Languae Development

Question 1

The first year

Answer 1

- Babbling Stage
Features:
- Reduplication
- Babbling
- Spontaneously produce unrelated sounds to train their motor skills

Question 2

One to two years

Answer 2

• Holophrastic stage
  Features
• Rapid lexis acquisition
• child begins to attempt to convey meaning through their lexis

Question 3

Two to three years

Answer 3

• Telegraphic stage
  Features:
• Huge increase in lexis actively used by the child
• 2000 words by the age of five
• name taken from telegrams, short brief messages only important information
• overextension and Underextension of words

Question 4

Three to five years

Answer 4

• Post-telegraphic stage
  Features:
• can sustain a conversation
• virtuous errors are made