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The Acquisition of Complex Sentences


Book 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 emerg... More
Book Information
PublisherCambridge University Press
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages242
ISBN-100521831938
ISBN-13978-0521831932
Publication Date10/04/2004
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About Holger Diessel (Author) : Holger Diessel is a published author. A published credit of Holger Diessel is The Acquisition of Complex Sentences (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics).
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