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ERIC Number: EJ307256
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Are Language-Acquisition Strategies Universal?
Akiyama, Michael M.
Developmental Psychology, v20 n2 p219-28 Mar 1984
Tests the universality hypothesis of language acquisition by asking young monolingual English and Japanese children to verify true affirmatives, false affirmatives, false negatives, and true negatives. The hypothesis was not supported in the case of Japanese-speaking children. A theory of cross-linguistic language acquisition is proposed. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Universals, Language Variation, Learning Strategies, Linguistic Theory, Negative Forms (Language), Preschool Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: English Speaking; Japanese Speaking