role of CDS in later language development

[Alison Crutchley]

Dear all

I'm looking at children's acquisition of a complex grammatical 
>structure (past counterfactuals, e.g. 'if she had shut the cage, the
rabbit wouldn't have escaped'). Acquisition of this structure appears to
be still ongoing in the 6-11 years age group. My question is: can anyone
point me to work on the role of input/child-directed speech in later
language development (i.e. for children aged 5 years plus)? Within
social-interactional frameworks, is it assumed that at some point,
ambient language in general becomes 'fodder' for children's language
development? Or is language specifically directed at the child still
considered to play a special role for this 
age group?
Many thanks for any ideas.

Best wishes, Alison Crutchley

.....................................................................Dr
Alison Crutchley
Lecturer in English Language
School of Music & Humanities
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH

http://www.hud.ac.uk/mh/english/research/alison_crutchley.php

tel: (Mon-Wed only) +44 (0) 1484 473848
a.crutchley at hud.ac.uk
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