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Publication details [#9883]

Warden, David A. 1976. The influence of context on children's use of identifying expressions and references. British Journal of Psychology 67 : 101–112.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

article, L1-acquisition of | context in child language | reference, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

Report on three experiments on children's use of the indefinite article to introduce a new referent to a context of discourse, and the definite article to refer to an already introduced referent, showing that the mastery of this use requires decentration on the part of the speaker.