Blind Alley Developments in Childrens’ Language Acquisition

A blind alley development (BAD) is a rarely occurring ephemeral development of young children that systematically deviates from parental input and is eventually abandoned due to persistent explicit and/or implicit correction by the children’s caregivers.

Authors

Wolfgang U. Dressler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5165-7665)

Institutions

University of Vienna (AT)
Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT)
Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities (AT)

Publication Details

Journal: Encyclopedia
Published: 2025-11-26
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia5040200
Primary Topic: Language Development and Disorders
Type: article
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article

Blind Alley Developments in Childrens’ Language Acquisition

Wolfgang U. Dressler

Nov 26, 2025

Encyclopedia

Language Development and Disorders

article

Blind Alley Developments in Childrens’ Language Acquisition

Wolfgang U. Dressler

November 26, 2025article en

Abstract

EncyclopediaVol. 5(4)

University of Vienna (AT), Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT), Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities (AT)

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Language Development and Disorders

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