Evidence for this theory -
Gesstalt words are words that sound like 1 word but are infact two. Examples of this are 'shoeson' 'toppon'. Children say utterences like this as they have heard it from people around them meaning they are imitating.
Question construction is a process where children learn to ask questions. The first stage of this is rising intonation which children have picked up from adults meaning they are imitating the pitch and intonation of others around them supporting this theory.
Regression which is based on Roger Brown's U shaped graph of regression, shows how children are copying adult grammer and are therefore copying and imitating adults.
Katherine Nelsons 4 first words include naming social action and modifying
Naming explosion show how a child is demonstrating a demand for adults input
Pragmatics and politeness features are taught which shows how children are learning through adults and immitating,.
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