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How do I analyse a child’s written language development instead of spoken development because I can’t analyse things like phonology or conversational features?

When analysing a child’s piece of writing there are certain things to look out for that we don’t use when analysing speech. For example, we can study orthography (the spelling of words), graphemes (letters o...
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What are the different stages of spoken Child Language Acquisition?

Spoken child language acquisition can be divided into stages which pinpoint the development of a child's language journey; pre-verbal, holophrastic, two-word, telegraphic and post-telegraphic stages. With ea...
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Is there a theorist who discussed World English?

Whilst most students will refer to Kachru's 'Circles' model. Another useful theorist to remember is Schneider, who proposed the dynamic model. Schneider studied how English becomes established around the wor...
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How do I analyse speech?

It is important to remember that, though you may have a written record or transcript, you must not approach it as a written text. If you are analysing spoken language it is crucial to show the examiner or ma...
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What is the difference between deontic and epistemic modal verbs?

A modal verbs is a type of auxiliary verb that shows possibility or obligationAn auxiliary verb is a verb that forms the tenses or moods in a sentence "helping words"e.g. Be, do, have (I have visit...
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