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Cross, Toni G. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1984
The review of studies on parental language to language-impaired children cites methodological problems and discusses findings on the following topics: parental effects on language development, the importance of discourse contingencies, (semantic contingencies, acknowledgments, and parental self-repititions), sentence types and associated…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Language Handicaps

Bain, Barbara A.; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This article on sampling early semantic productions reports a study of 6 children (ages 31-35 months) with specific language impairments. Subjects produced a greater frequency and diversity of multiword utterances in a free-play sampling situation than in a joint action routine sampling situation. (JDD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Expressive Language