STAGE

TYPICAL AGE

DESCRIPTION

COOING
(SPEECH-LIKE SOUND)

1ST FEW MONTH

04 MONTH

Sequences of vowel-like sounds i u

The back of the tongue in contact with
the palate-Sounds similar to velar sounds
kg
Hear the difference between vowels I a
Discriminate bet syllables ba ga

05 MONTH

BABBLING
(SYLLABLE SEQUENCE)
Single unit (phrase or sentences)

09-10 MONTH
10-11 MONTH

Intonation patters Consonant-vowel

combination ba-ba da-da
Express emotions & emphasis more
complex syllables ma- da- ja-ba
Play &imitation

ONE-WORD SATGE
(HOLOPHRASETIC)

12-18 MONTH

Single unit utterances. Single terms are

uttered milk cookie cup

TWO-WORD STAGE

18-20 MONTH

Two terms together- utterance

baby chair expression of possession
(this is babys chair) request (put baby in
chair) as a statement(baby is in the chair)
mommy eat cat bad
Produce 200-300 distinct words

2 YEARS

THE AQUISITION PROCESS

DEVELOPING MORPHOLOGY

DEVELOPING SYNTAX

DEVELOPING SEMANTICS

Inflectional morphemes

Formation of Questions

Overextension

-ing form- cat sitting

1st stage:
add wh- forms where kitty?
Rise intonation toward the end

Ball
moon
doorknob lampshade

-s boys
-ed reg. past tense form OVERGENERALIZATION

Mans, foots goed, comed

Possession inflection : mummy's book

Verb to be: are was

-s on the third person singular: comes,

looks

2nd stage:
Complex expressions: what book
name?
3rd stage:
Inversion of subject-verb I can go-Can
I go?
Children entering school may still
prefer to form wh-question without
the inversion How that opened?
Forming Negative

Auxiliaries. Does- has

1st stage: NO/NOT no mitten not a

teddy bear