Telegraphic stage - Post- telegraphic stage

Sophie (2 years 4 months):

Sophie in the middle of the telegraphic stage, in this stage a child is just learning to use pronouns such as names, I and me, this is normal for this stage in a child’s language development. Also Sophie uses negation within her language, she puts “no” at the beginning of the sentence so that it’s clear either she doesn't have something or that she doesn't like what’s happening. This idea, for this study, is by a lady called Ursula Bellugi.

Sophie (3 years 5 months):

Sophie has now entered the post- telegraphic stage; Sophie is now showing a stronger depth of language and how to use it. Sophie has a clear understanding of opposites such as inside and outside, with this she demonstrates a concept of time awareness (tomorrow and lunch). She starts to create compound sentences by linking phrases together. With a strong use of modifiers, prepositions and modal words she is showing that, compared to a year ago, she has learned new language and grammatical features within language/ conversation, and has started to put them into practice. Sophie’s language development supports Piaget’s cognitive theory, that suggests that children cannot use language or grammatical features which they do not understand.