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Publication details [#3788]

Gleitman, Henry and Lila R. Gleitman. 1979. Language use and language judgment. In Fillmore, Charles J., Daniel Kempler and William S.-Y. Wang, eds. Individual differences in language ability and language behavior. Academic Press. pp. 103–126.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

idiolect | linguistic consciousness | linguistic intuition

Annotation

It is claimed that individual differences in language behavior occur more severely at the judgmental level than at the speech and comprehension level. To describe these findings, such notions as 'metalinguistic awareness' and 'accessibility' are invoked.