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Addition

Adding an extra vowel sound to create a CVCV structure. 

Example:

Dog becomes Doggy 

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Deletion

Leaving out the last consonant of a word, so a word like mouse becomes mou (mow).

Example:

Pig becomes Pi

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Reduplication

The repetition of particular sounds and structures. 

Example:

choochoo

weewee

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Substitution

One sound is swapped for another, easier sound.

Example:

Rabit becomes Wabit.

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Consonant cluster reduction

Children find it difficult to produce consonant clusters - groups of two or more consonants - so will reduce them to smaller units.

Example:

Frog becomes Fog.

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Consonant cluster reduction

Children find it difficult to produce consonant clusters - groups of two or more consonants - so will reduce them to smaller units.

Example:

Frog becomes Fog.

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Consonant cluster reduction

Children find it difficult to produce consonant clusters - groups of two or more consonants - so will reduce them to smaller units.

Example:

Frog becomes Fog.

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Deletion of unstressed syllables

The removal of an entire unstressed syllable from a word.

Example:

Bannanna becomes nana 

Pyjamas become jamas

pretending becomes tending.

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Assimilation

A process in which substitution occurs, but the sound changes because of other sounds around it. e.g a sound is substituted with one that is closer to others in the word.

Example:

doggy become goggy.

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Proto-word stage

consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel sounds that are similar to actual words, but applied inconsistently to referents.

Example:

Goggy this could mean 'dog' but would have to be applied consistently for this to be clear.

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One word/Holophrastic stage

Single words that relate consistently to identifiable referents.

Example:

Daddy 

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Two-word stage

Utterances consisting of two words in a range of patterns.

Example:

Daddy go.

Where mummy?

Drink allgone

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Telegraphic stage

Utterances consiting of three or more words, in which key content words are used while grammatical functions are ommited. 

Example:

Where daddy gone?

That my doll.

Give doggy biscuit.

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Post-teleographic stage

Utterances where grammatical words missing from the telegraphic stage start to appear, and clauses begin to be linked into longer sentences.

Example:

We went to the park and played on the swings.

that's my doll cos granny bought it for me.

that baddy got eaten by the dragon.

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Virtuous errors

Not mistakes because they have underlying logic to them.

Examples:

I runned 

There was three mans

I eating 

This goody is more braver than that one 

He's hitting him with a hitter

They shotted their arrows at the baddies

Daddy go work

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