I think at some level in their heads there is an intent to convey some kind of meaning, but it doesn’t get through the layers of forming (correct) phonemes and

I think at some level in their heads there is an intent to convey some kind of meaning, but it doesn’t get through the layers of forming (correct) phonemes and grammatically sane phrases. It’s not like little kids don’t have thoughts and feelings before they’re able to articulate them, and merely create random noises, but more of a gradual process of learning to create those coherent and correct articulations.