Children's first 50 words
Across
- 2. This is a phenomenon that commonly happens to complex productions of words produced by young children.
- 3. A child's first words usually occur around their ____ birthday.
- 5. Any sound articulated with the flexible part of the tongue, also often some of the first sounds that babies make.
- 9. _____ idioms are accurate productions of words that are similar to adult pronunciations.
- 11. This class of sounds is not usually included in child's first words.
Down
- 1. /i/ and /u/ are usually the ____ vowels to appear in a child's sound system.
- 4. Most first words are produced in a simple CV ___ structure.
- 6. The 50-word period is characterized by phonetic _____ and lack of systematic sound contrasts.
- 7. Children's first words are represented ____ rather than phonemically.
- 8. At around 18 months, a child should have about ___ words in their vocabulary.
- 9. A child using "wawa" for water is an example of a ______.
- 10. (T/F)Children's language development is linear, once a child produces a correct pronunciation, they will always use that production.