Meaning & use
Preverbal
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Occurring or existing before a child has developed the ability to use spoken language.
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Researchers study preverbal infants to understand how thought develops before speech.
Babies rely on preverbal communication like crying and pointing to express needs.
A note on using this word
Widely used in developmental psychology and linguistics to describe the earliest stage of infant communication.
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