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Development of coordination in the natural speech of young children*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Barbara Lust  and
Cynthia A. Mervis
Barbara Lust
Affiliation:
Cornell University
Cynthia A. Mervis
Affiliation:
Cornell University
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Abstract

Natural speech of 32 young children from 2; 0 to 3; 1 (1·97 to 6·38 in MLU) was studied for evidence of use of coordination (by and). Analyses of the structure of coordinative expressions reflected development in structural variants as well as amount of coordination. Analyses suggested that early forms of coordination in natural speech reflected the same constraints which had been suggested by previous study of these children's language through an experimental elicited imitation task. A basis for a developmental theory of acquisition of coordination is sketched.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 279 - 304
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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Footnotes

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Address for correspondence: Dr Barbara Lust, Dept. HDFS, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. We thank Hermine Sinclair for critical advice.

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