grammar

Question 1

Holophrastic Stage (one word)

Answer 1

• At the stage a child’s parents will need to interpret the meaning of their utterance
• May use gestures / intonation to express meaning

Question 2

Intonation

Answer 2

rise / fall of speaking

Question 3

Two word stage (18-20months)

Answer 3

• Utterances usually follow SVO syntax
• Noun + verb
• Verb + Object
• Subject + Object
• Subject + complement

Question 4

Telegraphic Stage (utterances) 24-36 months

Answer 4

• Condensed forms of sentence structures
• children will omit closed class lexemes (function words). Because they are predisposed to learn language and have an intuitive sense of lexemes that convey meaning

Question 5

Why to children in telegraphic stage omit function words

Answer 5

Because they are predisposed (prone) to learn language and have intuitive (based on what they feel is true without conscious realising) sense of lexemes that convey meaning

Question 6

Name all 4 sentance moods

Answer 6

Declarative

Interrogative

Imperative

Exclamative

Question 7

What are interrogative pronouns

Answer 7

What
where 
why 
when
who