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Tochildren
Yearebetterthanalltheballads
Thateverweresungorsaid
Foryearelivingpoems
Andalltherestaredead.
H.W.Longfellow
(SprinthallandSprinthall1977)
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Thecommonaimofallwhocallthemselvespsycholinguistsistofindout
aboutthestructuresandprocesseswhichunderlieahuman’sabilitytospeak
andunderstandlanguage.Psycholinguistsarenotnecessarilyinterestedin
languageinteractionbetweenpeople.Theyaretryingabovealltoprobeinto
whatishappeningwithintheindividual.
(Aitchison1998:1)
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Wordscomefirstinlanguageacquisition.Oncechildrenhavesomewords
theybegintomakegeneralizationsaboutkindsofwords–wordsforpersons,
places,andthings,say,comparedwithwordsforactionsandstates.(...)
Withoutwords,therewouldbenosoundstructure,nowordstructure,no
syntax.Thelexiconiscentraltolanguage,andcentralintheacquisitionof
language.
(Clark1993:1)