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Publication details [#5865]

Labov, William and Teresa Labov. 1978. Learning the syntax of questions. In Campbell, Robin N. and Philip T. Smith, eds. Recent advances in the psychology of language. Plenum Press. pp. 1–44.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

inversion, L1-acquisition of | psycholinguistics | wh-question, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

A first report on a longitudinal study of the acquisition of a syntactic rule, viz. inversion in Wh-questions, intended to show how the theory and practice of linguistics based on the study of language in everyday situations can contribute to the studyof acquisition, and of the psychology of language in general.