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Download full textSchap, Keith – 1975
As may be seen from data collected during language observations of four children over a period of two and a half years, children's sentences are not simply flawed versions of adult counterparts, but seem to result from a different grammar. These data indicate that logical formatives, such as "even," and "only," are sentence-initial constituents.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Connected Discourse, Function Words
