{"product_id":"the-acquisition-of-complex-sentences-9780521107488","title":"The Acquisition of Complex Sentences","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Holger Diessel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Developmental - Child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive account of how children acquire complex sentences investigates spontaneous speech in English-speaking children between ages two and five. After examining the acquisition of numerous types of clauses, Holger Diessel argues that the acquisition process is determined by a variety of factors: the frequency of the various complex sentences in the language, the complexity of the emerging constructions, the communicative functions of complex sentences, and the child's social-cognitive development.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46883578478743,"sku":"9780521107488","price":4348.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521107488.webp?v=1770239961","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-acquisition-of-complex-sentences-9780521107488","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}