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Comprehension and production in language acquisition1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Ruth Clark ,
Sandy Hutcheson  and
Paul Van Buren
Ruth Clark
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
Sandy Hutcheson
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
Paul Van Buren
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
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Susan Ervin-Tripp has remarked that she ‘would like to see more done on the comprehension side of development,’ and that ‘this is something that we are still in very serions ignorance about’ (1971). Despite this ignorance it seems to be a widely held view that comprehension develops in advance of production, but the authors feel that this whole question is in need of close analysis.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 1974 , pp. 39 - 54
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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