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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2023 Oct 12;59(11):2162–2173. doi: 10.1037/dev0001630

Table 2.

Top situations by target word

Target
word
Most common situation 2nd most common situation 3rd most common situation
all-gone done playing done eating person leaving
bye-bye person leaving done interacting with animal putting away other inanimate object
hi initiating interaction with person answering phone initiating interaction with animal requesting more of another
more eating/requesting more food playing with/requesting more toys inanimate object
night-night going to bed putting toy to sleep pretending to sleep
no not wanting to do something doing something not allowed not wanting someone else to do something
shh someone sleeping someone screaming someone crying
thank-you exchanging object being helpful following directions
uh-oh object falling person falling object breaking
up referring to location (e.g., “up here”) cleaning up picking up person
wow playing with toy performing impressive action referring to other inanimate object
yum eating/referring to food pretending to eat N/A