ABSTRACT

The author is test ing a nor mally devel oping control child on a sen tence com prehen sion test which involves say ing ‘yes’ or ‘no’, depend ing on whether a test sen tence matches a pic ture: DB: ‘Mowgli says every monkey is tick ling himself’ Child: You mean they are tick ling them selves? DB: Listen again: ‘Mowgli says every mon key is tick ling him self’ Child: Right, so they are tickling them selves. Is that what you mean? DB: You try and work it out. Child: ( frus trated) Well, I could do it if you would say it properly.