PREVERBAL

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N., Pam M.S.
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Literally "before verbal" preverbal describes how children use sound and action to communicate prior to picking up language.

PREVERBAL: "One of Tina's pre-verbal tools was grabbing her toys from out of other children's hands."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. PREVERBAL CONSTRUCT
  2. SIGN I
  3. RICH INTERPRETATION
  4. PURE WORD DEAFNESS
  5. SEMIOTICS
  6. SPEECH
  7. VERBAL THOUGHT
  8. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION (NVC)
  9. PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
  10. ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENTS
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "PREVERBAL," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/preverbal/ (accessed June 14, 2021).
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