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Publication details [#9773]

Villiers, Jill G. De. 1984. Form and force interactions: The development of negatives and questions. In Schiefelbusch, Richard L. and Joanne Pickar, eds. The acquisition of communicative competence. University Park Press. pp. 193–236.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

negation, L1-acquisition of | question, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

Six hypotheses on the relationship between the form and force components of speech acts in acquisition are tested with reference to the literature on negatives and interrogatives in child language.