The acquisition of time talk: relations between child and adult grammars
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Child Language
- Vol. 7 (2) , 263-278
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000900002622
Abstract
A Reichenbach-type theory is proposed that accounts for a child's early system of temporal reference and relates it directly to the adult system. This theory makes predictions different from those of a competing theory, a strong decentring hypothesis. Experimental results and data from spontaneous speech are examined, and the predictions of the first theory are borne out: young English-speaking children express notions of temporal ordering as well as aspectual notions.Keywords
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