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Observational analysis reveals deviations in language acquisition in children, indicating the role of caregivers' corrections.
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.
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Wolfgang U. Dressler (2025) studied this question.
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