Some aspects of syntax of 4-5 year old children: a descriptive study in Hindi

Abstract

Syntactic patterns in 4 and 5 year old Hindi speaking children were investjgated in this study. Four children belonging to Hindi-speaking middle class families residing in Mysore were selected. The age range of the children was from 4 years 1 month to 5 years 4 months. Samples of spontaneous speech were collected from each child at his Or here home. During each visit almost one hour of speech sample was recorded using a Sony cassette recorder.