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Peer reviewedChien, Yu-Chin; Lust, Barbara – Child Development, 1985
Reveals that young children acquiring Mandarin Chinese differentiate subject from topic, even though Chinese is a "topic-prominent" language. Data are based on results of a standardized, elicited imitation test of 95 Chinese children in Taiwan. Subjects between 2 years, 6 months and 5 years of age responded to coordinate as well as…
Descriptors: Child Language, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), Language Acquisition
