Friday, November 9, 2007

Two -word and Telegraphic speech

Write short notes on two word and telegraphic speech

Two word - stage
the age where the child goes through the two-stage stage is 2 years. That would be the early period of 2 stage

Characteristics
- vocab about 50 words
- expressions of emotion
eg :
leg pain
- string words into 2 word pairs
- simple commands
eg :
Mummy come
take ball
-interpretation of words dependent on context.

Telegraphic speech ( Age 2-3)
-stage where child begins to combine words into simple sentences

Characteristics
- resembles telegraph
-highly simplified sentences
Eg :
I want Yakult
Go Kai kai

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