The Acquisition of Relative Clauses by Tamil Children

Reports the findings of a cross-sectional study that investigated the acquisition of relative clauses by 27 Tamil-speaking children who ranged in age from 2 years and 11 months to 6 years and 6 months. A picture-cued production task was used to elicit relative clauses from the child subjects. (Autho...

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Published inJournal of child language Vol. 27; no. 3; p. 587
Main Author Lakshmanan, Usha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.10.2000
Subjects
Child
Child Language
Child, Preschool
Cross Sectional Studies
Cues
Female
Humans
Language Acquisition
Male
Relative Clauses
Tamil
Task Analysis
Toddlers
Uncommonly Taught Languages
Verbal Learning
Young Children
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Summary:Reports the findings of a cross-sectional study that investigated the acquisition of relative clauses by 27 Tamil-speaking children who ranged in age from 2 years and 11 months to 6 years and 6 months. A picture-cued production task was used to elicit relative clauses from the child subjects. (Author/VWL)
ISSN:0305-0009
DOI:10.1017/S0305000900004293