Research article summary (published 30 Dec 1990):

[Syntagmatically oriented reactions in the early phases of speech development]

(Syntagmatisch orientierte Reaktionen in Frühphasen des Spracherwerbs.)

Full Abstract

Within a longitudinal observational study of two children aged from 18 to 36 months spontaneous reactive utterances were analysed. It could be found syntagmatic reactions without topic coherence with the utterances of the previous speaker. The specialty of these utterances consists in the fact that the child, after having perceived certain words in the parental utterances, creates an association to the previously heard grammatical context. The results are discussed within the scope of problems of language acquisition in children.

Author information

Author/s: Reimann, B (B);

Affiliation: Zentralinstitut für Sprachwissenschaft.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Zeitschrift für Psychologie mit Zeitschrift für angewandte Psychologie (Z Psychol Z Angew Psychol), published in GERMANY. (Language: ger)

Reference: 1991-; vol 199 (issue 1) : pp 45-54

Dates: Created 1991/11/08; Completed 1991/11/08; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 1681630, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Child, Preschool Female Humans Imitative Behavior Infant Language Development Male

Male Mental Recall Phonetics Semantics Verbal Behavior Verbal Learning Vocabulary

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