Error Assimilation as a Mechanism in Language Learning.

Platt, Carole Bultler; MacWhinney, Brian

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ERIC Number: EJ282866

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983-Jun

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Error Assimilation as a Mechanism in Language Learning.

Platt, Carole Bultler; MacWhinney, Brian

Journal of Child Language, v10 n2 p401-14 Jun 1983

When asked to judge as correct or incorrect three categories of sentences (those with errors similar to their own patterns, those with common "baby errors," and correct sentences), four-year-olds made significantly fewer corrections of errors similar to their own, suggesting that children learn their own errors. (MSE)

Descriptors: Child Language, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Expressive Language, Generative Grammar, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Sentence Structure, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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