Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ349369
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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The Functions of Imitation in Child Language.
Reger, Zita
Applied Psycholinguistics, v7 n4 p323-52 Dec 1986
Three discourse-related formal aspects of model-imitation pairs were analyzed longitudinally in successive samples from two Hungarian children. Results revealed an unbroken developmental trend leading to lexically coherent conversational replies and that imitation aided the children in learning the lexicon, making phonological approximations of adult word forms, and learning grammar. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Grammatical Acceptability, Hungarian, Imitation, Interaction, Intonation, Language Acquisition, Longitudinal Studies, Observational Learning, Oral Language, Phrase Structure, Psycholinguistics, Questioning Techniques, Research Methodology, Syntax, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Vocabulary Development, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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