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| Child Language | 1 |
| Cognitive Development | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
| Learning Processes | 1 |
| Linguistic Theory | 1 |
| Psycholinguistics | 1 |
| Verbal Learning | 1 |
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| Journal of Child Language | 1 |
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| Schlesinger, I. M. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedSchlesinger, I. M. – Journal of Child Language, 1977
Discusses the inadequacies of the linguistic development theory called cognitive determinism and suggests instead the linguistic input hypothesis. Concludes that it is not either cognitive development or linguistic input that determines linguistic growth, but an interaction between them. (RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition
