Syntactic Categories in the Speech of Young Children.

Valian, Virginia

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Publication Date: 1986

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Syntactic Categories in the Speech of Young Children.

Valian, Virginia

Developmental Psychology, v22 n4 p562-79 Jul 1986

Examines speech samples from six children aged 2 years to 2 years, 5 months, with Mean Lengths of Utterance ranging from 2.93 to 4.14, were examined for evidence of six syntactic categories: determiner, adjective, noun, noun phrase, preposition, and prepositional phrase. (HOD)

Descriptors: Child Language, Evaluation Criteria, Form Classes (Languages), Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Speech Communication, Syntax, Toddlers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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