The Order of Using Persian Interrogative Words Used by One to Three-year-old Children: A Longitudinal Case Study

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the order of using Persian interrogative words used by 1 to 3 year-old children. To do so, two children were selected in Behesht kindergarten in Kazerun, Iran. All the words used by these two children were recorded full and the interrogative words were extracted. The children’s utterances were transcribed and then analyzed using SPSS. The results indicated that children used the interrogative words “what†and ‘where’ more frequently than other interrogative words. The children also used the interrogative words ‘who’ and ‘why’ between two to three years of age. The frequency and order of these two Persian interrogative words were similar to those of their English counterparts. The implications of the findings will be provided at the end of the study.