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| Child Development | 1 |
| Child Language | 1 |
| Grammar | 1 |
| Imitation | 1 |
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
| Learning Processes | 1 |
| Observational Learning | 1 |
| Psycholinguistics | 1 |
| Syntax | 1 |
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| Journal of Child Language | 1 |
Author
| Clark, Ruth | 1 |
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Peer reviewedClark, Ruth – Journal of Child Language, 1977
This paper reviews evidence for and against imitation as a factor in the acquisition of syntax. It is concluded that the effects of imitation of children's speech are too pervasive to be dismissed as irrelevant. An important question is how a child extracts grammatical information from imitated sequences. (CHK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Grammar, Imitation
