What Children Say when Asked

Valian, Virginia; Caplan, Janet Stojak

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ERIC Number: EJ222218

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979-Dec

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What Children Say when Asked "What?": A Study of the Use of Syntactic Knowledge.

Valian, Virginia; Caplan, Janet Stojak

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v28 n3 p424-44 Dec 1979

Explores two questions: What is the nature of older children's syntactic knowledge, and how is that knowledge used in an everyday speech situation? Subjects were 96 children at each of three grade levels: 6, 8, and 10. (MP)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Linguistic Competence, Speech Skills, Syntax

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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