The Acquisition of Personal Pronouns and Language 'Simplification'
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Language and Speech
- Vol. 20 (3) , 191-197
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002383097702000301
Abstract
On the evidence available general tendencies in the development of personal pronouns are enumerated. Two interconnected sets of tendencies are considered in more detail together with similar tendencies in pidgins and creoles.Keywords
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