Examples of Two-Word Utterances
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Language (Ages 1-2), Early Years (Birth-5), Speech and Language Development, Language (Ages 2-3)
Word combinations will emerge slowly at first but will increase in speed with each new addition. The table below lists examples of two-word utterances of toddler talk.
| Utterance | Rule |
| X + Locative | Look here |
| Recurrent + X | More butter |
| Attributive + Entity | Paper cup |
| Action + Object | Find mitten |
| Attributive + Entity | Softy worm |
| Possessor + Possession | My bottle |
| Attributive + Entity | Poor baby |
| Action + Object | Cook carrot |
| Demonstrative + Entity | That cupcake |
| Attributive + Entity | Yukky taste |
| X + Dative | Knife wolf (Stab wolf) |
| X + Dative | Feed dolls |
| Agent + Action | Car crash |
Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Language Development: An Introduction, by R.E. Owens, Jr., 2008 edition, p. 214.
© 2008, Allyn & Bacon, an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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