Words in Discourse: A Dialectical Approach to the Acquisition of Meaning and Use.

Levy, Elena; Nelson, Katherine

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ERIC Number: EJ488077

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Words in Discourse: A Dialectical Approach to the Acquisition of Meaning and Use.

Levy, Elena; Nelson, Katherine

Journal of Child Language, v21 n2 p367-89 Jun 1994

Word learning by young children is viewed as a problem deriving from the use of forms of discourse texts. Uses of causal and temporal terms in private speech by a child studied longitudinally from 1;9 to 3;0 are analyzed from this perspective. (Contains 38 references.) (JL)

Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Longitudinal Studies, Oral Language, Semantics, Time, Toddlers, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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