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HOLOPHRASTIC STAGE [1 record]

Record 1 1994-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

An early stage in the development of language in a child in which single-word utterances dominate.

OBS

About one year of age, the child begins to produce single words that seem to symbolize entire sentences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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