Developing Word Forms for One Child
 
 
 

17 months  18 months  19 months 
[u] 魚,雨 [wi] 褲子 [k'uk'u] *
()[nene] * 不要 [piiau], [puiau] 豆子 [toutou}*
尿 [niauniau] * 葡萄 [t'au]
[tou] [papa], [p'ap'a] * 走開 [k'aI ]
[papa] * 屁股 [pipi], [p'ip'i] * 怪手 [sou]
屁股 [pipi] *   [k'an]
  tar [sta]  
star [ta] moon [mun]
cookie [ki]
please [piz], [pliz]
car [ka], [ga] put away [wei]
please [piz], [pis] socks [sas]
good [gU]
thank you [kju]
down [daUn]
bike [baI ]  
water [wawa] *  
 
 
 
   
cookie [gu'gwi]    


*Reduplications observed to be initiated by adults.NOTE: for the phonetic symbols for Mandarin, see Nash, Discovering Language: A concise introduction to linguistics for Chinese students (1986), 42,45,46.


P.S. 
p=ㄅ ; p'=ㄆ ; t=ㄉ ; t'= ㄊ ;=ㄑ

 

 

 


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