12. Following is a list of utterances recorded from Sammy at age two-and-a-half: a. Mikey not see him. b. Where ball go? c. Look
Mommy, doggie. d. Big doggie. e. He no bite ya. f. He eats mud. g. Kitty hiding. h. Grampie wear glasses. i. He funny. j. He loves hamburgers. k. Daddy ride bike. l. That's mines. m. That my toy. n. Him sleeping. o. Want more milk. p. Read moon book. q. Me want that. r. Teddy up. s. Daddy 'puter. t. 'Puter broke. u. Cookies and milk!!! v. Me Superman. w. Mommy's angry. x. Allgone kitty. y. Here my batball. What stage of language development is Sammy in? Explain your answer.
The Telegraphic Stage of the Language Development occurs at the age of two or two-and-a-half years. The term 'telegraphic' is used in relation to the words that we use in telegraphs, short. <u>The term was fabricated by Roger Brown and Colin Fraser in 1963 in their book titled 'The Acquisition of Syntax.'</u>
The child instead of saying the whole grammatically correct sentences begin to form short sentences such as given in the question.
<u>The words that are being uttered by Sammy are telegraphic. Thus the stage of language development at which Sammy is the Telegraphic Speech</u>.
