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Clark, Herbert H. 1973. Space, time, semantics, and the child. In Moore, Timothy E., ed. Cognitive development and acquisition of language. Academic Press. pp. 27–63.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

biological properties | innateness | knowledge | space deixis, L1-acquisition of | time deixis, L1-acquisition of

Language as a subject

English, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

C. argues that the child acquires English expressions for space and time by learning how to apply these expressions to the a priori knowledge he has about space and time (which is innate in the sense that it derives from his biological endowment: having two eyes, ears, etc.; upright position; etc.).