Language Acquisition - Stages

Question 1

Babbling

Answer 1

Age Range: 5-12 months
Characteristics: Experimenting with sounds

Question 2

One-word/holophrastic Stage

Answer 2

Age Range: 12-18 months
Characteristics: Overgeneralisation, content words, common words

Question 3

Two-word Stage

Answer 3

Age Range: 18-24 months
Characteristics: Mini-sentences, content words with real world lexical meaning

Question 4

Telegraphic Stage

Answer 4

Age Range: 24-30 months
Characteristics: Telegram-like speech, uses more features with adult grammar, function words/morphemes