The first Words of children: the interpretation of “the Word sentence” in Algerian context

Abstract

This article brings an idea on the field of psycholinguistics and more precisely the acquisition of language and through an analytical descriptive analysis, it exposes a non-exhaustive list of the first words pronounced by Algerian babies aged between 12 to 18 months called “words sentence". These words can express an entire statement or an entire sentence depending on the context. We have grouped together about twenty referential and expressive words whose meaning we explain according to different contexts. The objective is not only descriptive but it is also a question of putting the point on the role of the adult in the acquisition and the evolution of the language in the child. This work briefly demonstrates the influence that the interactions of the child with the adult and his entourage can have on language learning.