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The Development of Logic and Focus in Children's Writing

Author(s) -

George M. Young

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

language and speech

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.713

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 1756-6053

pISSN - 0023-8309

DOI - 10.1177/002383098502800202

Subject(s) - focus (optics) , syntax , linguistics , pointer (user interface) , realization (probability) , computer science , discontinuity (linguistics) , relevance (law) , cognitive science , psychology , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , mathematics , philosophy , physics , statistics , optics , law , political science

A model of syntax is proposed in which marked structures are conceived as the realization of modes of control that regulate the informational flow of the text at points of threatened discontinuity. Two of these modes are described which are concerned with relations of logic and focus. Evidence of their presence in the patterning of a corpus of children's writing is taken as a pointer to their relevance to the study of syntactic development.

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