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Download full textScollon, Ronald – 1974
In speaking a child sometimes makes constructions in which a sequence of separate utterances expresses a semantic relation not expressed by either utterance. These "vertical constructions" are the main point of this study. Previous studies of construction in child language have largely dealt with sentences. In this study, sentences are…
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Interaction, Language Acquisition
