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Peer reviewedTomasello, Michael; Akhtar, Nameera – Cognition, 2003
Presents evidence that the supposed paradox in which infants find abstract patterns in speech-like stimuli whereas even some preschoolers struggle to find abstract syntactic patterns within meaningful language is no paradox. Asserts that all research evidence shows that young children's syntactic constructions become abstract in a piecemeal…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Developmental Stages
