The Search for Structural Principles in Children's Manipulative Play: A Parallel with Linguistic Development.

Goodson, Barbara Dillon; Greenfield, Patricia Marks

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The Search for Structural Principles in Children's Manipulative Play: A Parallel with Linguistic Development

Goodson, Barbara Dillon; Greenfield, Patricia Marks

Child Development, 46, 3, 734-746, Sep 75

Examines the manipulative strategies of 2- to 6-year-olds in terms of three structural principles--hierarchical complexity, interruption and role change--which are formally parallel to dimensions of language structure. Paper includes an extensive discussion of related studies. (JMB)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Language Patterns, Object Manipulation, Play, Preschool Children, Structural Linguistics

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