Single Word Usage: Two Stages?.

Clark, Ruth Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ233931

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1980

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Single Word Usage: Two Stages?

Clark, Ruth Anne

Central States Speech Journal, v31 n2 p75-84 Sum 1980

Discusses how single-word usage reflects two stages in child language development. Early words express internal states and share none of the corresponding semantic features of these words in adult language. Later words approximate the use of adult language and share standard semantic features of adult indicative words. (JMF)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Developmental Stages, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Semantics, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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