İKIDILLI ÇOCUĞUN İLK CÜMLE OLUŞUM SÜREÇLERINE BIR BAKIŞ (18-27 AYLAR).

The language development stages of a child born with the ability of language acquisition starts with the utterances of meaningful single words that function as sentences and continues till the stage where first sentences are formed by using two or more words. During this stage, in addition to the incomplete structures that appear in children’s sentences in general, phenomena such as the use of two languages together or influencing each other also appear in the sentences of bilingual children. These phenomena are natural to the language development of a bilingual child and they may manifest differently in each child. With these linguistic uses, the child takes an active role in communication, engages in dialogue, creates fictional narratives, and tries to express himself or even realize himself in direct or indirect ways. This study presents examples of the first sentences of a child who acquires Turkish and Kurdish simultaneously in early childhood and interprets the development process of these examples, and questions the possibility and seriousness of this child’s understanding, based on the unusual aspects of these productive linguistic uses. One of the main features of this stage is that the sentences or sub-units are in a constant change throughout and progress day by day. What the child conveys in these sentences is difficult to comprehend, and it can be better understood by the parents or caregivers who spend time with the children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]