A Pragmatic Analysis of Spontaneous Imitations.

Folger, Joseph P.; Chapman, Robin S.

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A Pragmatic Analysis of Spontaneous Imitations

Folger, Joseph P.; Chapman, Robin S.

Journal of Child Language, 5, 1, 25-38, Feb 78

Children's imitations were analyzed as a function of parental speech acts for six children in early Stage I of language acquisition. The children imitated imitations far more frequently than non-imitative speech acts in the same category. (Author/SW)

Descriptors: Child Language, Imitation, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Parent Child Relationship, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Speech Communication

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