Investigating Children's Language: A Comparison of Conversational Sampling and Elicited Production
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1997
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
Abstract
This report compared production of infinitival object complements during conversational language sampling to production on an elicitation task. Subjects included 25 children between the ages of 3;7 and 5;4. The children produced more two-noun infinitives and produced infinitives with more main verbs on the elicitation task. In the conversational samples, the children produced infinitives almost exclusively with early-appearing main verbs. These findings suggest that conversational language sampling may underestimate children's grammatical knowledge.
DOI
10.1023/A:1025075714023
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
1573-6555
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Eisenberg, Sarita, "Investigating Children's Language: A Comparison of Conversational Sampling and Elicited Production" (1997). Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 64.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/communcsci-disorders-facpubs/64
Published Citation
Eisenberg, S. Investigating Children's Language: A Comparison of Conversational Sampling and Elicited Production. J Psycholinguist Res 26, 519–538 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025075714023