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The rules and structures that govern the construction of phrases or sentences.
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Brown [1] suggested that researchers have long been investigating the order in which children develop and understand the various components of grammar and syntax. It is generally believed that children are able to acquire language proficiency across environments and understand the language structures through the notion that mastery of syntax is based on innate and biological structures that exist among individuals. In this biological framework, any differences among individuals are highly correlated with differences in their genetic predisposition to language differences [7].
According to this genetic explanation, languages activate children’s capacity to establish the parameters of languages within appropriate syntactical structures [6]. In that regard, for children with specific language disabilities, they often...
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Wu, T. (2011). Syntax. In: Goldstein, S., Naglieri, J.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79061-9_2860
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