Year 1 Landmarks
First Words Emerge
Follows Simple Commands “ Hug Mama”, “Kiss Sissy”
Intelligibility ~ 25%
Typical Phonological Processes: simple utterances using unmarked speech sounds
Semantics: Single Words, Receptive Language > Expressive Language, roughly 50 words
Syntax: verb and subject combos
Morphology: simple past and present tense
Pragmatics: Begins turn taking, knows social words i.e. "Bye"
Year 2 Landmarks
Starts using 2 word combos "Dada go" "Sissy bye"
Receptive > Expressive
Intelligibility 50%
Phonological Processes: Reduce word complexity, simplifying
Morphology: Begins using present progressive (ing), Plural "s"
Semantics: Rapidly increasing vocabulary
Syntax: two word combinations
Pragmatics: Turn taking, gestures such as waving, imitates adult intonation, Self Talk
Year 3 Landmarks
Multi word combinations, simple sentences
Receptive >Expressive
Intelligibility 75%
Phonological Processes: Continues to simplify complex sounds and combination, but may start to see some phonological processes reduced
Morphology: Use of past tense emerges
Semantics: Increased vocabulary
Syntax: More complex sentence structures
Pragmatics: Can adapt conversation, Conversational repairs, Longer conversations
(Language Lab, 2022)