Talk:Errors in early word use

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Is there a reason that this article has a descriptive title and does not use the (I believe) fairly standard term of art, "Developmental errors"? I can actually imagine at least a couple of reasons: eschewing technical vocabulary might make the article more accessible to general readers, or perhaps the intent is to focus purely on childhood first-language acquisition and to exclude things like second-language development. On the other hand, I could also imagine counter arguments to both of those. The use of standard terminology helps fit the article in the field, and some proportion of readers probably come across the term "developmental error" in reading other things. And although the process of first- and second-language acquisition are different in some respects, they are similar in other respects.

One easy solution may be to create a WP:redirect from Developmental error and to mention the term in the lead section of this article. Cnilep (talk) 02:33, 14 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I had no problem finding many scholarly articles calling this sort of error a "developmental error" (e.g., ). On the other hand, I found as many or more articles referring to biomedical "developmental error" (e.g. , ). Both uses are common on Wikipedia (Special:Search/developmental error), with biomedical possibly outnumbering linguistic development. Cnilep (talk) 06:22, 18 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Developmental error now redirects here, and the label is mentioned in the first sentence. Cnilep (talk) 01:42, 21 November 2013 (UTC)