On the Acquisition of Syntax in Tamil: A Comment on Garman (1974).

Lust, Barbara; Eisele, Julie

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ERIC Number: EJ424628

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Publication Date: 1991

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On the Acquisition of Syntax in Tamil: A Comment on Garman (1974).

Lust, Barbara; Eisele, Julie

Journal of Child Language, v18 n1 p215-26 Feb 1991

Garman (1974), reporting on 20 Tamil children aged 3 to 5, postulated a linguistic strategy and 2 prelinguistic strategies to explain results of a question-picture choice task involving sentences with embedded and subordinate clauses. Reanalysis of this data identifies four processing strategies and argues that certain grammatical sensitivities are adumbrated by the data. (19 references) (JL)

Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Research, Learning Strategies, Measures (Individuals), Research Methodology, Syntax, Tamil, Task Analysis, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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