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first language acquisition
| Term | Definition | age | example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooing | A stage of acquisition in which children become capable of producing the first speech-like sounds. | -6 months | gaaa or mmmm |
| Babbling | A stage of acquisition in which children produce a number of different vowels and consonants, as well as combinations of vowels and consonants. | 6-12 months | gagaga or bamamada |
| The one word stage | A stage of acquisition in which children begin to produce a variety of recognizable single unit utterances. | 12-18 months | ...man... |
| The two word stage | A stage of acquisition where children begin to combine single words into short phrases. | 18-24 months | ... me do... |
| Telegraphic speech | A stage of acquisition in which children begin producing a large number of utterances that could be classified as "multiple-word" speech. | 24-30 months | ... mama read this... |
| Overextension | The process of using the same word to refer to various object that share a particular characteristic. | one word.. | ...car... (pointing at a bus) |
| Overgeneralisation | A process of morphological development in which children apply a grammatical rule incorrectly, such as adding a plural ending to a word that is already plural, or adding a regular past tense. | two word... | daddy maked pizza |