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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
Scollon, Ronald – 1973
Previous studies have defined the earliest stage of child language to be the stage at which an uninitiated speaker of adult language can understand sentences spoken by the child. Upon the examination of the language of one child, aged 1 year and 7 months, it became evident that she could talk, even though it was equally evident that she didn't use…
Descriptors: Child Language, Context Clues, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Acquisition
