Early Lexicon and Pragmatics

Observe your child’s communication and check to see if he is spontaneously using the following pragmatic categories: (non-verbally or vocally)

• –  Greeting — smiling, looking, vocalizing or waving when people enter the room
• –  Farewelling — as above when people leave
• –  Commenting — pointing or vocalizing at something they want you to see
• –  Giving — handing you an object either to share or have a turn
• –  Requesting/Demanding — insisting on your attention or help, etc.
• –  Rejecting — shaking head no, pushing object away, vocalizing when they don’t
     want something 
  
  
  
  
  Early Vocabulary is falls under these categories: 
  
  
  EXISTENCE
  NON-EXISTENCE
  RECURRENCE
  REJECTION
  DENIAL
  ATTRIBUTION
  POSSESSION
  ACTION
  LOCATIVE ACTION
  Lexicon One List: 
  
  
  EXISTENCE
  1. child’s name
   2. mama
  3. daddy
  4. me
  5. you
  6. baby
  7. cookie
  8. juice/water/milk 
  9. cup
  10. dress
  11. pants
  12. hat
  13. shoe
  14. sock
  15. eye
  16. nose
  17. mouth
  18. face
  19. hair

  20. hi
  21. bye-bye
  22. dog
  23. cow
  24. bird
  25. fish
  26. ball
  27. light
  28. car
  29. boat
  30. bed
  31. bathroom 
  32. home/house 
  33. truck
  34. airplane
  35. spoon
  36. box
  37. desk
  38. chair
  39. floor
  40. table
  41. book
  42. door
  43. block
  44. crayon
  45. night-night 
  46. picture
  47. bucket
  48. hook
  49. wall
  50. hearing aids/cochlear implants
  
  NON-EXISTENCE  1. all gone
  
  RECURRENCE 1. more 2. another 3. again
  
  REJECTION 1. no
  
  DENIAL 1. no
  
  ATTRIBUTION 1. dirty 2. broken 3. hot 4. soft 5. big 6. heavy 7.little 8. new 9. funny
  
  POSSESSION 1. mine 2. ______’s
  
  ACTION 1. wash 2. wait 3. stop 4. eat 5. open 6. help 7. say/talk 8. show me, touch 9. turn 10. drink 11. color 12. cut 13. sleep 14. ride 15. draw 16. hold 17. do 18. stand-up
  
  

  LOCATIVE ACTION
  1. (put) in
  2. (put) on
  3. come (here) 
  4. sit (down) 
  5. go
  6. throw
  7. walk
  8. give
  9. push
  10. run
  11. up
  12. down
  13. jump
  14. under
  15. ride
  16. pick up 
  17. get
  18. hang
  19. find