SENTENCE STRUCTURE IN EARLY CHILD’S DISCOURSE

Karsono, Ong Mia Farao (2013) SENTENCE STRUCTURE IN EARLY CHILD’S DISCOURSE. International Journal of Academic Research Part B, Vol. 5 (No. 1). pp. 98-102. ISSN DOI: 10.7813/2075-4124.2013/5-1/B.17

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Abstract

This article has a purpose to examine some of their hypotheses about Appearance versus Function, Over
Extension and Grammatic Relation in the early discourse of Indonesian children. Method of obtaining the discourse
is by showing selected pictures to children aged two to eight years and documented the discourse for analyses.
Results show that a great proportion conform the hypotheses. Three new phenomenas were found in Indonesian
children’s speech the children were more able to say passive verb phrases rather than active verb phrases.
Children after the age of five years were able to distinguish the situation of objects by using the conjunction of
being or then, and children before the age of five years are not able to combine two objects in the pictures with the
word and.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Children, early speech, grammar, function, over-extension
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Divisions: Faculty of Letter > Chinese Department
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 10 Apr 2013 11:26
Last Modified: 10 Apr 2013 11:26
URI: https://repository.petra.ac.id/id/eprint/15934

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