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After birth infants are responsive to voices and facial expressions of caregiver.
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During the first 3 months rituals and game playing have emerged such as, feeding, diaper changing, peekaboo, and patty cake (Owens,Pg.61,2015).
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At 6 months infants learn the sound patterns of the native language, they have better speech perception, and at 8 to 10 months of age infants develop in interactions primarily through gestures (Owens,pg.61,2015).
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First word spoken. Words fill intentions previously signaled by gestures
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Children at 18month-24months begin combining words on the basis of word -order rules and could probably produce up 50 single words.
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By age 2, a toddler has an expressive vocabulary of about 150 to 300 words and two-year-olds are starting to follow simple instructions.
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At age 3 children begin to speak more adult-like sentences.Carries on a conversation using 2 to 3 sentences
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Begin to change style of talking to fit conversational partner.Four year old children can tell simple sequential stories usually about past events.
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By age five children acquire about ninety percent of adult syntax.
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Able to participate competently in conversations and telling of narratives. Knows multiple meanings of words and figurative language. Uses a gender style, or genderlect, when talking.
