Sensitivity to linguistic register in 20-month-olds: Understanding the register-listener relationship and its abstract rules.

Linguistic register reflects changes in speech that depend on the situation, especially the status of listeners and listener-speaker relationships. Following the sociolinguistic rules of register is essential in establishing and maintaining social interactions. Recent research suggests that children...

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Main Authors: Ayaka Ikeda, Tessei Kobayashi, Shoji Itakura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5891006?pdf=render