Thesis
The development of negation in early child language
- Abstract:
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The development of early logic in the use of language is investigated in this thesis by studying the acquisition of negation in the language of children. In particular, the use of negation to express judgements about the truth-value of statements made by others is viewed as a linguistic manifestation of early logical abilities. The central hypotheses of the thesis are 1) the logical operation of negation to deny statements (truth-functional negation) becomes evident near the onset of synta...
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- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- UUID:
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uuid:47778ce0-6caa-4090-b96e-d698e8880096
- Local pid:
- polonsky:12:9
- Source identifiers:
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601870704
- Deposit date:
- 2017-10-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Pea, R; Pea, Roy D
- Copyright date:
- 1978
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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