Publications

Publication details [#8840]

Shugar, Grace Wales. 1976. Text-constructing with an adult: A form of child activity during early language acquisition. In Drachman, Gaberell, ed. Akten des 1. Salzburger Kolloquiums über Kindersprache. G. Narr. pp. 343–356.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult-child conversation | conjunction2, L1-acquisition of | substitution, L1-acquisition of | text, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

S. suggests that the basic linguistic operations that a child learns to master (i.e. substitution and conjunction) can be used successfully only with the help of an internal representation of 'abstract' situations, which enable the child to cope with states of affairs or 'real' situations.