These sentences are sometimes called "telegraphic because they leave out such things as articles, prepositions, and auxiliary verbs. We recognize them as sentences because, even though function words and gram- matical morphemes are missing, the word order reflects the word order of the language they are hearing and the combined words have a meaningful relationship that makes them more than just a list of words. Thus, for an English-speaking child, "kiss baby' does not mean the same thing as "baby kiss'. Remarkably, we also see evidence, even in these early sentences that children are doing more than imperfectly imitating what they have heard Their two- and three-word sentences show signs that they can creatively combine words. For example, more outside may mean "I want to go outside again.' Depending on the situation, 'Daddy uh-oh might mean 'Daddy fell down' or "Daddy dropped something or even "Daddy, please do that funny thing where you pretend to drop me off your lap.