Child Language Variation

Julie Roberts

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Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Language Development and Disorders

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Child language variation is an area of research that emerged within the field of variationist sociolinguistics after a good deal of work on adult variation had been accomplished. This chapter reviews the work leading up to the more recent interest in child language variation, and examines two specific issues that have been or may be fruitful areas of exploration. The foundations for adolescent, and adult, speech patterns are laid down in childhood, during the early language acquisition process, and it would appear useful to look to the dialects of children for answers to some of the questions of linguistic variation and change. The chapter also discusses Child-directed Speech (CDS). The future of the study of language variation and change will focus on the study of the newest members of the speech community as they acquire the ability to produce social meaning in their everyday interaction.

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