Child Language Research Paralleled Studies in Linguistics in Which of the Following

question 29

Multiple Choice

Child language research paralleled studies in linguistics in which of the following ways? (WWW)

• A) Research in the 1960's focused on children's phonologic development, followed by focus on the history of child language research, and then later had an interest in pragmatics.
• B) Research from the 1960's through the 1980's focused on the debate between nature vs. nurture perspectives, behaviorism and interactionist approaches.
• C) Research in the 1960's focused on children's grammatical development, then focused on theory; later in the 1980's and 1990's, research focused on syntax as well as lexicon and pragmatics.
• D) Research from the 1960's through the 1980's centered on the general study of language development milestones, pragmatics and sociolinguistic approaches to data analysis.

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