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On coordination in child language*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Gail Ardery
Gail Ardery
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University of Iowa
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Abstract

This paper evaluates Lust's (1977) study of coordination in child language, both on its own merits and in the light of my own research. First, particular design weaknesses in Lust's study are noted which render her results questionable. In addition, it is argued that the hypotheses proposed by Lust fail to make any substantive predictions about the types of errors which children make with coordinate structures. Finally, it is shown that Lust's hypotheses cannot account for the results of my own comprehension and non-imitative production experiments. It is concluded that Lust cannot account for a wide range of phenomena concerning coordination in child language, and consequently an alternative set of hypotheses is proposed.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 305 - 320
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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Footnotes

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I am deeply indebted to Andreas Koutsoudas for his comments and suggestions on several drafts of this paper. Address for correspondence: 345 MacBride Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52240.

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