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Peer reviewedHowe, Christine J. – Journal of Child Language, 1976
Recent attempts to classify the meanings of two-word utterances expressed by young children have assumed that children always intend one of the meanings adults might express. This paper challenges that assumption and suggests an alternative approach to determining the meaning of these utterances. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Language Acquisition, Language Research
