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Peer reviewedFoster, Susan H. – Journal of Child Language, 1986
Explores the ability of 5 children aged 1 month to 30 months to initiate and maintain topics of conversation. The data demonstrate that at the beginning of development children simply attract attention to themselves as the topic of conversation and that later, as their interests broaden, their topic repertoire expands. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
Peer reviewedBridges, Allayne – Journal of Child Language, 1979
The behavior of 32 mothers during an object-retrieval game was analyzed in terms of the hints and clues they used to direct their children's attention; age-related differences were found in the type of information offered. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Child Language, Context Clues
