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Mrs Liddle English Language Child Language Acquisition Linguistically, both of these infants are at different stages of their language development. The lexical choices made by each child can show what stage they are at in developing their language and applying it to situations and conversations. Sophie's use of the word 'Bissie', meaning biscuit shows that she hasn't quite been able to pronounce the sound therefore makes an alternative word up that sounds similar, that is understandable by the child's carer/parent, but is easier to say than 'biscuit'. Other lexical choices Sophie uses, tend to be commanding words, such as 'me want' 'No'. As the child is young, she realises to get what she wants; she has to ask for it and by using the commanding words, she is airing the fact that she wants something to her parent/carer. According to Halliday's functions, this language is regulatory, as well as being instrumental. She is controlling...

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