On the Frequency of Use of Tenses in English and German Children's Spontaneous Speech.

Szagun, Gisela

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Publication Date: 1978

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On the Frequency of Use of Tenses in English and German Children's Spontaneous Speech.

Szagun, Gisela

Child Development, v49 n3 p898-901 Sep 1978, Sep78

Samples of spontaneous speech were collected from 20 English and 20 German preschool children and their mothers. The children's frequency of use of various tenses was compared at different age levels within each language, across languages, and with their mothers' frequency of tense usage in speech to the children. (Author/JMB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Mothers, Preschool Children, Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Germany; United Kingdom (England)

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