One Word/Holophrastic Stage:
Provides the 'building blocks' for syntax to develop. The first words used are usually nouns to label and name objects. The term 'holophrastic' means 'whole phrase' and is used to describe words that don't simply fulfill the naming purpose, but behave more like a short utterance.
Two Word Stage:
This stage marks the beginning of syntactical development. Once two words are joined the child can explore different combinations and learn correct English word order. Roger Brown's 1970's study of two-word sentences found that children from all cultures and countries make the same relationships between grammatical concepts.
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Telegraphic Stage:
Once a child can combine three or more words they are starting to make their meanings more explicit. This is the telegraphic stage; utterances are similar to the style and construction of a telegram (or even like a text message) in that function words are left out but content words are still retained. Early in the stage, verb inflections, auxiliary verbs, prepositions and determiners are all omitted. As the child moves towards post-telegraphic, these function words appear accurately in utterances.
Post-Telegraphic Stage:
This is when the remaining function words are acquired and used appropriately. The child can:
Provides the 'building blocks' for syntax to develop. The first words used are usually nouns to label and name objects. The term 'holophrastic' means 'whole phrase' and is used to describe words that don't simply fulfill the naming purpose, but behave more like a short utterance.
Two Word Stage:
This stage marks the beginning of syntactical development. Once two words are joined the child can explore different combinations and learn correct English word order. Roger Brown's 1970's study of two-word sentences found that children from all cultures and countries make the same relationships between grammatical concepts.
[TABLE CAN BE INSERTED HERE]
Telegraphic Stage:
Once a child can combine three or more words they are starting to make their meanings more explicit. This is the telegraphic stage; utterances are similar to the style and construction of a telegram (or even like a text message) in that function words are left out but content words are still retained. Early in the stage, verb inflections, auxiliary verbs, prepositions and determiners are all omitted. As the child moves towards post-telegraphic, these function words appear accurately in utterances.
Post-Telegraphic Stage:
This is when the remaining function words are acquired and used appropriately. The child can:
- combine clause structures by using coordinating conjunctions ("and/but") and subordinating conjunctions ("because/although") to make complex and compound utterances.
- manipulate verb forms more accurately for instance using the passive voice
- construct longer noun phrases
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