Language acquisition All languages can be deconstructed into smaller elements, they are considered levels of languages that are divided into: The Phonological System, the Reference System, the Morphological System, and the Syntactic System. The Phonological System correlates to the different stages that a child acquires language. The acquisition process begins at birth, the brain begins to specialize in the sounds heard around them and begin to produce vowel-like sounds. This is the cooing stage. The babbling stage, six to 11 months, is when consonants like /m/ and /b/ are combined with vowels, ma-ma-ma ba-ba-ba. The next two stages are the one word stage, 12 to 18 months, and two word stage, 18 months to two years of age. At around two years, the child enters the telegraphic stage, where they learn to put multiple words together. Note that researchers can only estimate the ages in which a child transitions through the stages. This is due to many varying factors when the child is acquiring language, like mental capability, the right language environment, exposure to language, and more.
language acquisition all languages can be deconstructed into smaller elements they are considered levels of languages that are divided into the phonological system the reference system the morphological system and the syntactic system the phonological system correlates to the different stages that a child acquires language the acquisition process begins at birth the brain begins to specialize in the sounds heard around them and begin to produce vowel-like sounds this is the cooing stage the babbling stage six to 11 months is when consonants like /m/ and /b/ are combined with vowels ma-ma-ma ba-ba-ba the next two stages are the one word stage 12 to 18 months and two word stage 18 months to two years of age at around two years the child enters the telegraphic stage where they learn to put multiple words together note that researchers can only estimate the ages in which a child transitions through the stages this is due to many varying factors when the child is acquiring language like mental capability the right language environment exposure to language and more