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| Journal of Child Language | 3 |
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| Greenfield, Patricia M. | 1 |
| Kuczaj, Stanley A. | 1 |
| MacWhinney, Brian | 1 |
| Maratsos, Michael | 1 |
| Platt, Carole Bultler | 1 |
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| Reports - Research | 1 |
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Peer reviewedGreenfield, Patricia M. – Journal of Child Language, 1978
This article clarifies the position taken in the Greenfield and Smith book (1976), including relation to speech act theory, and elucidates some general theoretical issues in early language development. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Grammar, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedMaratsos, Michael; Kuczaj, Stanley A. – Journal of Child Language, 1978
This article reviews and criticizes Fay's particular transformational descriptions as implausible. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Child Language, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedPlatt, Carole Bultler; MacWhinney, Brian – Journal of Child Language, 1983
When asked to judge as correct or incorrect three categories of sentences (those with errors similar to their own patterns, those with common "baby errors," and correct sentences), four-year-olds made significantly fewer corrections of errors similar to their own, suggesting that children learn their own errors. (MSE)
Descriptors: Child Language, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Expressive Language
