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Publication Date: 1973-Mar
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Laboratory Studies of Imitation and Language Acquisition: Is there an Interface with the Normal Environment?
Whitehurst, Grover J.
Data are presented to show that reinforcement and exact repetition of adult speech are beneficial but not necessary components of a modeling procedure which results in production of novel linguistic forms by children. Laboratory studies suggest the need for a re-evaluation of current hypotheses about the limited role of imitation in language acquisition. (Author/CK)
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Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (DHEW), Bethesda, MD.
Authoring Institution: State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook.
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Note: Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 29 - April 1, 1973)
