The Acquisition of Complex Sentences (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
By Holger Diessel.
Description
This comprehensive account of how children acquire complex sentences investigates spontaneous speech in English-speaking children between ages two and five. After examining the acquisition of numerous types of clauses, Holger Diessel argues that the acquisition process is determined by a variety of factors: the frequency of the various complex sentences in the language, the complexity of the emerging constructions, the communicative functions of complex sentences, and the child's social-cognitive development. - from Amzon
ISBN(s)
0521107482, 9780521107488
