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Conjunctions are words used to connect phrases and clauses. Between 25 and 40 months, children begin to use the conjunctions and and because (Owens, 2001) to join phrases and clauses. And is the most frequently used conjunctive form for children in the three- to five-year age range.
Between 30 and 34 months, they begin to use more adult-like sentence structures for negatives, questions, demands, or imperatives, and statements or declaratives. In the 25 to 36 month period then, toddlers will use a combination of tone, pitch, and sentence structure to express these different forms.