Answer:
1.The parents should not be concerned, as girls often develop language skills earlier and faster than boys. This will not necessarily amount to any long-term differences.
Explanation:
The Components of language includes:
1. Language comprehension
2. Language production
The Crucial communicators in language development are: Joint attention, Give and take, Preverbal gestures, Word-gesture combinations etc. The First speech a child makes is said to be cooing and it usually occur in the first 2 months and vowel sounds. babbling occurs after 6 months, consonant-vowel combos, there is universal timing and also range expansion.
Early phases of phonological development
The First words are mostly sounds, made by the child and it is related to semantic development, they understand more than they produce; with time, improve meaning expression and others. Late phases of phonological development is when the child can say more like 200-300 words, adjust vowel lengths, addition of unstressed syllables, full word etc.
Semantic development
In this stage, there is the development of language rather than just of sounds, meaning and vocabulary, fast-mapping and vocal growth spurt, its critical period ranges from 18-24 months.
