The use of conjunctions by children with typical language development.

Purpose: To investigate the use of conjunctions in the spontaneous speech of three years old children with typical language development, who live in Santa Maria - RS.

Methods: 45 children, aged 3:0;0 - 3:11;29 (years:months;days) from the database of the Center for the Study of Language and Speech (CELF) participated of this study. The spontaneous speech of each child was transcribed and followed by analysis of the samples to identify the types of conjunctions for each age group.