The incidence of error in young children's Wh-questions

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 384-404

  Rowland, Caroline F ^a   Pine, Julian M ^b   Lieven, Elena V M ^c   Theakston, Anna L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Errors; Grammar acquisition; Questions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTIVIST THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENERATIVIST THEORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 22944437098     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/027)     Document Type: Article

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