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Peer reviewedAkiyama, Michael M. – Cognitive Psychology, 1979
Acquisition of answering systems based on speaker intention v literal components of questions was investigated in monolingual and bilingual English- and Japanese-speaking children. The results suggested that the English system is acquired earlier than the Japanese system and that the two systems interact in bilingual children. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Japanese, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
