mystery book (children who begin speaking in sentences)

[Lorraine McCune]

This does seem to be an under the radar phenomenon! I had one 
participant in my first study who did speak in single words, but also 
had a lot of what seemed like jargon. We eventually realized that 
much of the jargon was "amalgams" or sentences  with the words mushed 
together. The one I always remember was "There it is" said with no 
consonants and a singsong intonation of surprise.

Lorraine McCune

At 02:31 AM 3/31/2010, you wrote:
>I have wondered if the children who appear to begin talking in sentences are
>actually those that fall into the "holistic", "tune not words" group of
>children that has been described by various authors.  Parents who do not
>have many other children to compare them to, but have only heard "single
>words", "analytic" style children before, may think their children have no
>single words, but are in fact speaking in (rather indistinct) sentences.
>
>
>Katie Alcock
>
>
>Katie Alcock, DPhil
>Lecturer
>Department of Psychology
>Lancaster University
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Lorraine McCune, EdD
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