Title
Investigating Children's Language: A Comparison of Conversational Sampling and Elicited Production
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1997
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
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