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Download full textMenig-Peterson, Carole L.; McCabe, Allyssa – 1977
This analysis of the structure of children's narratives deals with material gathered from 96 children, aged 3 1/2 to 9 1/2 years, in conversations about events in which they were personally involved. Elements of the narratives and the structural relationship of these elements are examined. Three elements are discerned: (1) chronological…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Narration
Bloom, Lois Masket – 1968
The research reported is part of an investigation into the acquisition of grammar, using nonlinguistic information from situational and behavioral context to analyze the development of linguistic expression. Three children were seen for approximately 8 hours, every 6 weeks, in their homes, from the age of 19 months--soon after the earliest…
Descriptors: Child Language, Function Words, Generative Grammar, Grammar
