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| Child Language | 1 |
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| Language Research | 1 |
| Phrase Structure | 1 |
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| Journal of Child Language | 1 |
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| Cook, V. J. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedCook, V. J. – Journal of Child Language, 1976
This paper reports an investigation into the acquisition of indirect object constructions by English children aged 5-10. Sentences having a prepositional "to" phrase containing the indirect object, and following the direct object, were acquired before sentences where the indirect object preceded the direct object. (CHK)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Phrase Structure
