CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When children begin to form sentences but omit function words, this is called:
A
Holophrastic
B
Two-word
C
Telegraphic
D
Multi-word
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Telegraphic speech is simply two-word sentences, such as “kitty tired” or “I hungry”. Toddlers develop this level of speech between 18-24 months. Telegraphic speech is important because it means your little one is: Learning to communicate their thoughts and feelings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Telegraphic speech is seen developmentally when a child moves beyond the two-word, relational stage of language development and begins to express longer, three-word sentences using a finite set of grammatical categories, such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

Detailed explanation-3: -Typical in journalistic writing, a telegraphic sentence states the facts outright with no ‘fluff’ in the sentence providing all of the essential elements without extra words.

Detailed explanation-4: -Only the most important words are used (usually a noun and a verb or an adjective and a noun). Grammatical constructions are missing, such as prefixes, conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, and question words. Suffixes like the gerund “ing, ” as well as the plural “s” are missing.

Detailed explanation-5: -Telegram style, telegraph style, telegraphic style, or telegraphese is a clipped way of writing which abbreviates words and packs information into the smallest possible number of words or characters.

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