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Experimenting with children's language
Author(s) -
Warden David A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1981.tb02178.x
Subject(s) - psychology , comprehension , competence (human resources) , strengths and weaknesses , cognitive psychology , linguistics , language production , developmental psychology , linguistic competence , context (archaeology) , cognition , social psychology , philosophy , paleontology , neuroscience , biology
The empirical assessment of children's linguistic ability is fraught with difficulty. Different experimental techniques have produced conflicting evidence of competence. A number of such contradictions are discussed, in the context of an analysis of the potential weaknesses, and consequent requirements, of both comprehension and production tasks.