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Peer reviewedClark, Ruth Anne – Central States Speech Journal, 1980
Discusses how single-word usage reflects two stages in child language development. Early words express internal states and share none of the corresponding semantic features of these words in adult language. Later words approximate the use of adult language and share standard semantic features of adult indicative words. (JMF)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Developmental Stages
