Self-Initiated Speech Repairs: A Reflection of Communicative Monitoring in Young Children.

Evans, Mary Ann

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Publication Date: 1985

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Self-Initiated Speech Repairs: A Reflection of Communicative Monitoring in Young Children.

Evans, Mary Ann

Developmental Psychology, v21 n2 p365-71 Mar 1985

Demonstrates frequent occurrence of self-initiated repairs in speech of kindergarten and second grade children. Speech during "Show and Tell" sessions was scored for spontaneous occurrence of repetitions; corrections of word choice reference and syntax; postponements; and abandonments. Findings indicate most frequent communicative monitoring in second graders. (Author/DST)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Early Childhood Education, Error Analysis (Language), Grade 2, Kindergarten Children, Language Patterns, Speech Acts, Speech Communication, Young Children

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