grammy stages

Question 1

biological noises > 0-2 months

Answer 1

> make noises for pain, hunger and discomfort
parents learn to respond

Question 2

cooing

Answer 2

> child discovers vocal chords and make sounds ‘coo’ ‘goo’ and ‘gaga’
most children add a variety of sounds to their repertoire before that are 6 months old.

Question 3

babbling - 6-9 months

Answer 3

> extended repitions of basic phonemic combinations ‘bababa’
reduplicated monosyllables ‘mama’
numer of different phonemes increased which usually occurs around 4-10 months
child retains sounds of its native language and discord the ones that arent needed.

Question 4

holophrastic stage - 12-15 months

Answer 4

> single word utterances may be made up of proto-words
holophrases can convey a wealth of meaning e.g. ‘juice’ can mean ‘i want juice’ or ‘ive finished the juice’
most words are likely to be nouns

Question 5

two -word stage - 9-24 months

Answer 5

> subject + verb = jenny sleep (jenny is sleeping)
verb + object = Jenny juice ( Jenny is drinking the juice)
omit elements e.g. I, is, was.

Question 6

telegraphic stage - 24-36 months

Answer 6

3 or 4 utterances and have secure grammar.
> subject + verb + object = Lucy likes tea
> key elements are still missing e.g. determiners, auxillary verbs, prepositions.
> by the age of 3 they learn wh- questions, imperatives and simple statements.

Question 7

post-telegraphic stage - 36months +

Answer 7

> rapid progression
can use determiners, multiple clauses and co-ordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)
ages 4-5 they use inflectional affixes - ing, ed, 6