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Peer reviewedGrieser, DiAnne L.; Kuhl, Patricia K. – Developmental Psychology, 1988
The prosodic features of maternal speech to infants were measured quantitatively in a tonal language, Mandarin Chinese, to determine whether the features were similar to those observed in nontonal languages such as English and German. The pattern of results for Mandarin motherese was similar to that reported for other languages. (PCB)
Descriptors: Infants, Interpersonal Communication, Language Research, Language Styles
Peer reviewedHoff-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
Download full textBaker, Eva; And Others – 1990
This sourcebook is intended to provide researchers and users of natural language computer systems with a classification scheme to describe language-related problems associated with such systems. Methods from the disciplines of artificial intelligence (AI), education, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and psychometrics were applied in an…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Oriented Programs
Kaiser, Ann P.; Blair, Gillian – 1985
A study of mother-child interaction focused on the contingent responses children make to various mother strategies to elicit language and the mothers' frequency of using that tactic. The subjects were six normal and four retarded children, matched for general language skills, and their mothers. Mother-child interactions videotaped at home were…
Descriptors: Child Language, Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Diaz, Ricardo; And Others – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1994
Three papers written by graduate students on educational linguistics are included. These papers represent works in progress by students and professors on topics ranging from speech act analysis and classroom discourse to language planning and second language acquisition. The papers are generally based on research carried out for courses offered in…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Correction
Taylor, Barbara O. – 1986
To illustrate the theoretical dynamics involved in analysis of the process of "metasensing," this paper investigates the language of 22 elementary school principals and their strategic actions during school improvement programs. The study's grounded theory approach frames the principals'"epistemology of practice"--thereby…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Change Strategies
Cazden, Courtney B. – 1988
Noting that classroom communication is a central issue in school systems, because spoken language is the medium by which much teaching takes place, this book investigates classroom discourse within the framework of applied linguistics, and discusses research drawn from elementary, secondary and postsecondary classrooms. The first section deals…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
