Language Acquisiton

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S X C Y K V X T U Y T N Y A E T D J K L Q
O F H O V H Y E P J O X H D L L P O V D A
Q I B G J D C Q U I W B M X P E V S E J P
B T A N I G D M T G E O C C T N O C C E S
K Z B V U T K E E J D I E I O U I K X S P
W P G U A K L C J D T Q T I O O H Y C I F
H A H G P E A I B S K T T G V B X N T N M
E T U J D C W E A B O I C U N B P H Q X F
D R C B H R P R L A D M K A U D W I H R I
B I I Y T F H K N D M V C G M N O R U T O
K C B M I P I D A S W S I E F C P S V W Y
X K L Y O W H Y X M E M Y F U M B F P Y J
A B O L T O Y B F Y F S V W V P A E Q Q X
M A O Y L X X S U B S T I T U T I O N K T
K H L O J D R W F P B H Q K W S Y I P N D
F X W A D C U A E Y B E P C W Y N W E X E
I K Y Q Y D C A P F M O P R T V M P J N O
A R U G N J G M P I K F A O S D J F G G J
W I V V F U Y F M X H E A S B W M I O G B
V N V V B U P E M L K O T Q U H N C W G A
Y E Q K T P X V N M J U U C R Q U L M P L

Clues

  • instead of dropping a consonant, a child may replace it with one that is easier to say (12)
  • One word combinations between 12-18 months. acts in a variety of ways, e.g question, noun, and verb (12)
  • sometimes a child drops a consonant altogether particularly at the end of the word (8)
  • The heart rate of an unborn baby slows when hearing mother's voice (11)
  • theorists who videoed infants and noted most of the babbling comes from the right side of the child's mouth. controlled by left side of the brain suggests babbling is a form of preliminary speech (7, 3, 7)
  • when a child adds a vowel to make the final position easier to say; easier than a consonant (8)
  • when the sound vibrates the vocal chords (6)

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