Stage 1 and stage 2

Why is stage 1 the two word stage rather than the one word stage?

is called the two-word stage because it marks the beginning of grammar when children start combining words to express relationships

What are the four factors that influence children’s two word productions?

Input frequency, speech production abilities, conceptual and grammatical complexties

What are three permissible two word combinations in pivot-open grammar?

more milk, more mommy (p1+O)

milk all gone, daddy all gone (O+p2)

mommy sock (O)

What are 3 non permissible combinations in pivot-open grammar?

all gone milk

milk more

all gone, more

Why is mommy sock a famous utterance in child language?

Lois Bloom recognized that utterances could have different meanings based on context.  Led to “rich interpretation” of child utterances

What are semantic relations expressed by 2-word utterances?

Agent + Action  (mommy hit)

Possessor + Possession  (mommy sock)

Recurrence + Entity  (more milk)