preverbal
Prior to language
Preverbal describes the stage before language develops, typically in infants and toddlers: preverbal communication, preverbal memories.
A preverbal child hasn't yet acquired speech.
The term also applies to experiences or knowledge that exist before or beyond words: a preverbal sense of security.
In linguistics, preverbal can mean positioned before a verb in a sentence.
Communicative body movement
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- cryingEmotional tear release
- cooingSoft murmuring sounds
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
vocalization · body-language · gaze · reaching · gurgling · screaming · laughing · mimicry
State of perceiving reality
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
Notable points of progress
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- neurodevelopmentBrain formation through life stages
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- bondingForming close connections
reflexes · grasping · rooting · sucking · habituation · imitation · socialization · crawling
gesture
Communicative body movement
babbling · vocalization · body-language · gaze · reaching · gurgling · screaming · laughing · mimicry · intonation
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
intuition · recognition · preconceptual · apperception · discernment
milestones
Notable points of progress
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- neurodevelopmentBrain formation through life stages
- attachmentConnection or fondness
bonding · reflexes · grasping · rooting · sucking · habituation · imitation · socialization · crawling · sitting
gesture
Communicative body movement
- signMark conveying information
- body-languagePhysical signals conveying meaning
- gazeFixed, intent look
pointing · touch · tactile · silence · posture · affect · tone · pitch · rhythm · movement
newborn
Infant just delivered
nursing · suckling · napping · swaddling · teething · weaning · crib · pacifier · rocking · lullaby
- unexpressedunspoken, unstated, unuttered, suppressed, implicit
preverbalverbal
Of or in words
linguistic · articulate · speaking · literate · fluent
preverbalverbal
Of or in words
spoken · linguistic · articulated · worded · vocalized
verb, proverb, verbal, adverb, verbalize, verbally, verbosity, nonverbal