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Facilitation of early syntax through discourse structure

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Abstract

The effect of an adult—child discourse structure on children's production of word combinations was examined. Seventeen children at the single-word utterance level (i; 5–2; i) served as subjects. An experimental group of six children were engaged in vertical structures over io sessions, while the remaining children served as a control group. Pre-tests and post-tests revealed a significant difference in the number of spontaneous and elicited multiword productions for the experimental group, but no difference for the control group.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13-25
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of child language
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1985
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Linguistics and Language
  • General Psychology

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