What is Telegraphic Speech

Back in the day before telphones and computers were common if you needed to get a message to someone fast it was usually done by telegram. Telegrams were morse code messages sent from station to station and delivered personally to the receiver. Since the messages were sent by morse code they had to be transferred to regular words and to save time the messages were sent excluding conjunctions or articles.

As children mature and learn English they use what is called telegraphic speech. If a child says “water now” we know that he means “I would appreciate some water immediately.” Like the telegram the child is speaking using only two to three words to get their point across. But unlike the telegram the child is using telegraphic speech because of lack of language skills rather than for convenience.

In most children the telegraphic speach stage occurs between the ages of 18-36 months or when a person is just beginning to speak a second language. In this stage the child or speaker are able to understand much more than they can verbally show.

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