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Babbling Stage

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A stage in language development where infants produce repetitive sequences of sounds that resemble adult speech but do not use grammatical structures.

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Prelinguistic Stage

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The stage characterized by preverbal vocalizations such as crying, cooing, and babbling, occurring before the child begins to use words.

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Telegraphic Speech

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A stage in language development where children use short, simple sentences that omit function words (e.g., articles, prepositions) but retain content words.

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Importance of Speaking and Practicing

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Regular speaking and practice are essential strategies for improving language skills at all stages of language development.

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Earliest Stage of Language Development

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The babbling stage is typically the earliest stage of language development in infants, where they explore sounds.

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Characteristics of Babbling Stage

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Includes production of sounds that resemble adult speech and exploration of different sounds and articulatory patterns.

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Function Words

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Words that have little lexical meaning but serve to express grammatical relationships (e.g., articles, prepositions).

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Content Words

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Words that carry significant meaning in a sentence, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

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Language Development Stages

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The main stages include prelinguistic stage, babbling stage, one-word stage, telegraphic speech stage, and complex speech stage.

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One-Word Stage

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A stage in language development where children begin to use single words to convey whole ideas or meanings.