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Syntactic Categories in the Speech of Young Children.

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Valian, Virginia – Developmental Psychology, 1986

Examines speech samples from six children aged 2 years to 2 years, 5 months, with Mean Lengths of Utterance ranging from 2.93 to 4.14, were examined for evidence of six syntactic categories: determiner, adjective, noun, noun phrase, preposition, and prepositional phrase. (HOD)

Descriptors: Child Language, Evaluation Criteria, Form Classes (Languages), Language Acquisition

Language Development in Down's Syndrome: A Life-span Perspective.

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Rondal, Jean A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1988

Examines questions related to whether children with severe learning disabilities go through the same developmental stages as children without such problems, or whether they develop along different lines. Explores the "delay" versus "deviance" issue in relation to linguistic development in children with Down's syndrome. Looks…

Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Children, Cognitive Processes