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Publication details [#36544]

Cowan, Nelson. 1989. Acquisition of Pig Latin: A case study. Journal of Child Language 16 (2) : 365–386.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

child language | children's play | language acquisition | linguistic knowledge | linguistic norm

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0305-009

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This case study monitors a boy's acquisition of Pig Latin for longer than one year. It is argued that a longitudinal study of the acquisition of speech games, depending on basic language abilities, can illuminate aspects of the development of ordinary linguistic rules and knowledge.