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Publication details [#36540]

Dowker, Ann. 1989. Rhyme and alliteration in poems elicited from young children. Journal of Child Language 16 (1) : 181–202.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

child language | poem | rhyme | sound

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0305-009

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study discusses the possible functions of rhyme and alliteration in infants' language development, focusing in particular on sound play in crib speech and on the development of phonological awareness and its influence on the process of learning to read.