Quick Child Language Blog

[perceval]

I have the luxury of a sleeping toddler and a content baby being held by DH, so I will use the opportunity to note down some observations on DD's recent language development.

But before I start, hugs to miriammoules, she needs them.

Comments

[sidheag]

Not boring at all! DH still feels faintly guilty about not having made similar notes on Colin's linguistic development. I have quite a lot of notes, but I don't have the linguistic knowledge to go with them. Looking back at when Colin was 2y6m, I see that he was referring to himself as "you" a lot, effectively saying what he expected us to say, e.g. "oh dear, you've done a poo", or "Would you like some fruit juice?" (when he wanted some) or sometimes things with just the pronoun wrong, e.g. "Pick you up!". IIRR, he was not overgeneralising noticeably until later; now, at 4y8m, he still does quite often. (Is that usual? I expected Colin to start and stop this earlier than he did, but I may just have misrmembered the usual age for it.)

[thaliablogs]

Really interesting to hear about your daughter's language, it's fascinating to hear about how a bilingual child learns language rules and words.