When words from one language fall into common usage in another as a result of contact
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When a word that has quite a specific meaning becomes more general
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The wat that caregivers talk to children-usually in simplified and/or exaggerated language
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The simplest meaningful unit of a sentence
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When a shortened version of a word becomes a word in its own right e.g. phone
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When a child only pronounces one consonant from a consonant cluster e.g. saying play rather than play
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The general term for creating new words
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An informal word or phrase that wouldn't normally be used in formal written English
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A noun that refers to a class of things or a concept . Every noun is a common noun except those that refer to unique things e.g. the names of particular people or places
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An adjective that makes a degree of comparison , normally by adding -er
