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Peer reviewedDent, Cathy H. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Examines the conditions under which children and adults use indexical words to refer to objects or to corefer with nouns in discourse. Subjects at three ages (6, 10, and adult) performed simple tasks and described their actions. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Context Effect, Language Research
Peer reviewedWilliams, Sarah E.; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1994
Thirty-two subjects (5 Broca's, 7 conduction, and 10 anomic aphasics and 10 normal controls) performed story retell and procedural discourse tasks containing familiar and unfamiliar topics, with familiar and unfamiliar listeners. Results indicated that topic familiarity significantly influenced verbal output in both normal and aphasic subjects.…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Context Effect, Discourse Analysis
