Child language research paralleled studies in linguistics in which of the following ways? (WWW)
A) Research in the 1960's focused on children's phonologic development, followed by focus on the history of child language research, and then later had an interest in pragmatics.
B) Research from the 1960's through the 1980's focused on the debate between nature vs. nurture perspectives, behaviorism and interactionist approaches.
C) Research in the 1960's focused on children's grammatical development, then focused on theory; later in the 1980's and 1990's, research focused on syntax as well as lexicon and pragmatics.
D) Research from the 1960's through the 1980's centered on the general study of language development milestones, pragmatics and sociolinguistic approaches to data analysis.

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Child language research started in the 1960s with a focus on children's grammatical development, specifically syntax. During the 1980s and 1990s, research expanded to include lexicon and pragmatics. This parallels studies in linguistics, which have long focused on the study of grammar and later expanded to other areas of language analysis such as semantics and pragmatics. The other answer choices are either incomplete or partially correct but do not provide the best overall correspondence between child language research and linguistics.

Child Language Research Paralleled Studies in Linguistics in Which of the Following