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Peer reviewedWhitehurst, Grover J.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Investigates why young children become redundant and informative speakers after listening to nonredundant and informative speakers. The authors conclude that children confuse the length of a message with information. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Research, Kindergarten Children, Language Acquisition
