Developing Word Forms for One
Child
| 17 months | 18 months | 19 months |
| 魚 [u] | 魚,雨 [wi] | 褲子 [k'uk'u] * |
| (牛)奶 [nene] * | 不要 [piiau], [puiau] | 豆子 [toutou}* |
| 尿 [niauniau] * | 葡萄 [t'au] | |
| 走 [tou] | 怕 [papa], [p'ap'a] * | 走開 [k'aI ] |
| 怕 [papa] * | 屁股 [pipi], [p'ip'i] * | 怪手 [sou] |
| 屁股 [pipi] * | 看 [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. |
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