Importants Ages of Language Acquisition

Mind map stages in first language acquisition

Most common first words

Similary, a child may use the word doggie to refer to any fourlegged animal or daddy  to refer to any adult male. This illustrates how a child may extend the meaning of a word from a particular referent to encompass a larger class. 

Baby Talk Milestones

• Baby talk at 3 months. At 3 months, your baby listens to your voice, watches your face as you talk, and turns toward other voices, sounds, and music that can be heard around the home. Many infants prefer a woman's voice over a man's. Many also prefer voices and music they heard while they were still in the womb. By the end of three months, babies begin "cooing" -- a happy, gentle, repetitive, sing-song vocalization.

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Babies talking for the first time

When do babies start talking?

Babies start talking  that is, attempt to express themselves in words with meaning anywhere between 9 and 14 months. Some perfectly normal babies don't say a recognizable word until their 18 month, whereas some babies begin to communicate in words or word-sounds ("ba-ba" for bye-bye, bottle or ball; "da" or "da-da" for dog, dad or doll) as early as 7 months. 

First Word

Most babies say a few simple words like "mama" and "dadda"