Usvajanje jezika kod djece uzrasta dvije i tri godine / Language Acquisition in Children Aged Two and Three

This paper discusses language acquisition in children aged two and three. The analysis was carried out on a corpus of child compiled during research conducted at kindergarten Sarajevo among three who acquire their native the area Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. Qualitative quantitative methods were applied analysis. development production measured by Mean Length Utterance, based number words per utterance (MLUw). distribution parts speech established for both age groups. A special emphasis placed ratio between nouns verbs. results have confirmed nativist natural partitions hypothesis, according to which are predominant children’s early over verbs other speech. MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI) semantic nouns. hypothesis that denoting animate beings higher prevalence inanimate objects stages acquisition. In addition, presence complex abstract concepts detected, supports theory existence an innate device humans. creative aspect also analysed, along with differences adult speakers.