Child Language acquisition

CLA stages
Liam Haack

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, Stages before birth/First year
Not all children go through these stages at the same time (the age of th
may vary) However the sequence of the stage remains the same, the fi
often starts BEFORE birth, and are able to recognize their mothers voice
Each cry has a reason such as hunger or distress, which newer parents
eventually learn what cry means which want. The babies cry can have a
accent based on which region they may be from, thus adopting core pa
their language. The babies first smile is often accompanied with cooing
“reduplication” which is repeating noises preparing the child for produc
words later on. Afterwards the family will continue to develop the child
speaking by continuing to converse with the child, this is caretaker lan
(simple style of speech used when speaking to small children) T
teaches turn taking rather than speaking over one another. Babbling is
child will produce patterns of sounds while not having any meaning to t
which eventually resemble patterns of syllables in the child’s native lan
Baby explores vocal repertoire; this babbling helps develops the child’s
organs.