… The results showed that participants in the directive-word-present condition … the
directive-word-absent condition were. Our results suggest that directive words promote young …

… As the child began to use words, Carter noted that his utterances were variable and … younger
children. The hypothesis that older children produce fewer imperatives than young children …

… direct to young children is much … word (for example, 'poon' instead of 'spoon'). Please
note that we have included many words but no one child is expected to say all of these words …

… directive. Psychological theories lead to hypotheses about the evolution of … children 3-4
years old base their interpretation of requests on the social situation of production: in other words…

… of the child, we now draw upon a word rather than a … children of the younger group turned
out to be capable of executing it in an organized way: the word achieved the required directive …

… In the current studies, we compare young children’s learning of words in didactic and non-…
course of word learning, for example by exploring younger children’s retention of word-object …

… On an empirical level, we describe the extension of the directive repertoire of a Dutch child
… It seems plausible to suppose that young children such as Laura have a limited directive …

… This work investigates the young child's ability to respond … -word stage and a girl aged 1
; 8 with an MLU of 1 -8 in words… question-directive; however, one child's response was to a …

… Ervin-Tripp suggested that very young children use a wide variety of directive forms, and
differentiate their use of these forms according to the age of the addressee (an analogue of …

… o young children of the meanings of indirect speech acts in unconventional directive fram …
and only afterward of the literal meanings of the words." The highest ratings (a mean of 4.6 out …