What clues can you gather from this list of 50 words on how a baby might acquire language?

A baby I believe would develop its use of language through imitation and repetition of words that are used consistently for a specific meaning. The routine of these words helps to build up the child’s vocabulary, developing the child’s knowledge about the given language.

The child will receive help from guardians and teachers, whose names are likely to be learnt quickly due to the child having the ability to state who their talking to whilst speaking to gain maximum attention and clear direction of message – this would have been learnt through the child observing and participating in conversations (learning the pragmatics). The infant would also gain insight into language through the media. Many TV shows aimed at the kids market target the aspect of ‘learning’ – this is done in a fun, exciting way to make the audience want to learn. Sounds (like onomatopoeias) are used to capture interest and to portray a subject in an easy, memorable form e.g. woof woof = dog.

Whilst studying the 50 words, I discovered that many imperatives have been used. Perhaps this is because the child is at the holophrase stage - yet to develop its language and sounds to form full sentences, so is using body language and direct words to illustrate meaning.