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Syntactic Complexity, Fluency, and Accuracy of Sentence Imitation in Adolescents.
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Silverman, Stacy W.; Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1997
This study investigated whether syntactic complexity exerts an influence on the frequency of stuttering in the speech of seven adolescents who stuttered and seven who were normally fluent. Although normal disfluencies and errors in repetition accuracy increased as syntactic complexity increased, stuttering frequency did not appear to be affected…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Skills, Difficulty Level, Imitation
Temporal Resolution in Infancy and Subsequent Language Development.
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Trehub, Sandra E.; Henderson, Joanna L. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1996
The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (a parent-report measure of vocabulary and syntax) was administered to 103 children (mean age 103 months) who participated in a study of temporal resolution as infants. Children who had performed above the median on the temporal resolution task demonstrated better later language development than…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Followup Studies, Infants
Function and Structure in Maternal Speech: Their Relation to the Child's Development of Syntax.
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Hoff-Ginsberg, Erika – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Assesses the interrelations among the functional properties of maternal speech, the structural properties of maternal speech, and child language growth for a period of six months for 22 two-year-old children and their mothers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Influences, Interpersonal Communication
Oral Communication Skills of Children Who Are Hard of Hearing.
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Elfenbein, Jill L.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
Forty children (ages 5-18) with mild to severe hearing losses were administered a battery of speech and language tasks. Misarticulation, syntactic, and pragmatic errors indicated a consistent pattern of oral communication behavior that reflects the reduction of acoustic input such children experience. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Communication Skills, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Communication Assessment of Hearing-Impaired Children: From Conversation to Classroom. Monograph Supplement.
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Kretschmer, Richard R., Jr., Ed.; Kretschmer, Laura W., Ed. – Journal of the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology, 1988
This monograph supplement to "The Journal of the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology" contains eight papers on issues and strategies for communication assessment of hearing-impaired children, not only in the area of interpersonal communication, but in classroom and print discourse as well. Titles and authors of the papers are as follows:…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments
Brief Report: The Effects of Typed and Spoken Modality Combinations on the Language Performance of Adults with Autism.
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Forsey, Janice; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
A study of five adult males with autism investigated which combination of input/output modalities (typed or spoken) enhanced the syntactic, semantic, and/or pragmatic performance of individuals with autism when engaging in conversations with a normal language adult. Results found that typed communications facilitated the use of longer utterances.…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills
Effects of Sampling Context on the Expressive Language of Children and Adolescents with Mental Retardation.
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Abbeduto, Leonard; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1995
Conversational and narrative language samples were elicited from 16 school-age individuals with mental retardation and 16 typically developing children matched for mental age. Analysis demonstrated that both groups produced more syntactically complex language during narration, whereas they were more talkative during conversation. Results support…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education