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Vegetive

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Sounds of discomfort and reflexive actions; 0-4 months

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Cooing

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Comfort sounds and vocal play using open mouthed vowel sounds; 4-7 months

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Babbling

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Repeated patterns of consonant and vowel sounds; 6-12 months

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Proto-words

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Word-like vocalisations aka scribble talk eg. mmm to mean ‘give me something’; 9-12 months

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Holophrastic or one-word stage

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One word utterances; 12-18 months

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Two word stage

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18-24 months

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Telegraphic stage

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-Three or more words combined
-Omission of determiners, prepositions and aux. verbs
24-36 months

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Post-telegraphic stage

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  • More grammatically complex combinations
  • Longer utterances
  • Can sustain conversation and structure
  • Can successfully contract
  • 3rd stage of negation
  • Conjugating accurately (past tenses)

36+ months