Young Children's Use of Age-Appropriate Speech Styles in Social Interaction and Role-Playing.

Sachs, Jacqueline; Devin, Judith

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ERIC Number: EJ144784

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Publication Date: 1976

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Young Children's Use of Age-Appropriate Speech Styles in Social Interaction and Role-Playing

Sachs, Jacqueline; Devin, Judith

Journal of Child Language, 3, 1, 81-98, Feb 76

Four children, aged 3.9 to 5.5, were recorded talking to different listeners (adult, peer, baby and baby doll) and role-playing a "baby just learning how to talk." As a measure of the children's responsiveness to situational cues, each sample was analyzed for formal and functional characteristics. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Styles, Preschool Children, Psycholinguistics, Role Perception, Role Playing, Speech, Speech Communication

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