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Publication details [#3455]

Francis, Hazel. 1979. What does the child mean? A critique of the 'functional' approach to language acquisition. Journal of Child Language 6 (2) : 201–210.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

first language acquisition | functionalism

Person as a subject

Halliday, M.A.K.

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Discussion of the validity of attributing functions to elements of child language, with reference to M.A.K. Halliday (1975: 'Learning how to mean'). It is argued that theoretical clarity would help the study of both language use and language acquisition.