Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ674871
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
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Determinant of Acquisition Order in Wh-Questions: Re-Evaluating the Role of Caregiver Speech.
Rowland, Caroline F.; Pine, Julian M.; Lieven, Elena V. M.; Theakston, Anna L.
Journal of Child Language, v30 n3 p609-35 Aug 2003
Analyzed naturalistic data from 12 2- to 3-year-old children and their mothers to assess the relative contribution of complexity and input frequency to wh-question acquisition. Results suggests that the relationship between acquisition and complexity may be a by-product of the high correlation between complexity and the frequency with which mothers use particular wh-words and verbs. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Input, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Toddlers, Verbs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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