Mots Croisés STAGES OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENTVersion en ligne SIX STAGES par Luis Paredes 1 Developmental aspects related to speech include the development of gestures, making adequate eye contact, sound repartee between infant and caregiver, cooing, babbling, and crying. 3 Children begin making noises and syllables. Mouth muscles and teeth grow, preparing them for advanced talking. 4 Their “sentences” now usually comprise a noun or a verb plus a modifier. This enables the child to formulate a sentence that may be either declarative, negative, imperative, or interrogative. 6 Grammatical morphemes in the form of prefixes or suffices are used when changing meanings or tenses. Furthermore, the child can now form sentences with a subject and a predicate. 3 1 4 6