Some Features of Early Child-Adult Dialogues.

Ervin-Tripp, Susan

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Publication Date: 1978-Dec

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Some Features of Early Child-Adult Dialogues.

Ervin-Tripp, Susan

Language in Society, v7 n3 p357-73 Dec 1978

Describes specific changes in children's conversational abilities in early childhood, which may in turn serve to alter how their partners judge their abilities to understand. The evidence regarding the level and types of changes in adult speech to children as the child's ability changes is also addressed. (EJS)

Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Child Language, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Linguistic Competence, Parent Child Relationship, Sociolinguistics

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Language: English

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