A Reichenbach-type theory is proposed that accounts for a child’s early system of temporal reference and relates it directly to the adult system. This theory makes predictions different from those of a competing theory, a strong decentring hypothesis. Experimental results and data from spontaneous speech are examined, and the predictions of the first theory are borne out: young English-speaking children express notions of temporal ordering as well as aspectual notions.
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Smith, C. S. (2010). The Acquisition of Time Talk: Relations Between Child and Adult Grammars. In Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (Vol. 87, pp. 209–223). Springer Science and Business Media B.V. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2617-0_8
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