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Peer reviewedGenishi, Celia – Theory into Practice, 1981
Researchers from several disciplines have contributed to the realization that context or social situation varies in regard to a child's language acquisition. Children acquire both linguistic competence, the unconscious understanding of grammatical rules, and communicative competence, the understanding that language is used differently in different…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context
