Language acquisition of Malay childrens through role reversal imitation

• Main Authors: Mansor, Marzalina, Ismai, Nor Hasimah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis 2017
• Subjects: PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/25783/1/JHDC%206%202017%20129%20140.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/25783/; https://johdec.unimap.edu.my/index.php/volume-6-2017
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

The question of how a child acquires the first language has long been raised and discussed. Recent studies in the west such as the study by Piaget (1962), Sherman (1971) and Ingram (1989) explained that children are making imitations in language acquisition, also previous studies have their own hypo...