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Karmiloff-Smith, Annette. 1981. The grammatical marking of thematic structure in the development of language production. In Deutsch, Werner, ed. The child's construction of language. Academic Press. pp. 121–147.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

production, L1-acquisition of | thematic continuity, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

K. argues that some developments in children's language cannot be explained by reference to the addressee's interaction with the child. Processing demands from the child's own point of view need to be invoked in an explanatory model of language acquisition.