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Rodda, M.; Beattie, R. G.; Seabrook, J.; Gough, K. – CAEDHH Journal/La Revue ACESM, 1997
This study compared pragmatic language behaviors of three hard of hearing, four deaf, and five hearing adolescents. The average percentage of parameters rated appropriate were: 100% for hearing; 87% for the hard of hearing; and 93% for the deaf. Subjects' language was also compared to typical adolescents' pragmatic characteristics and coping…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Deafness, Hearing Impairments

Coquin-Viennot, Daniele; Coirier, Pierre – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1992
Reports on a study of written protocols by 147 children, ages 7-14. Comparisons were made between those who were asked to debate an issue (formal discourse) and those who were asked to defend an opinion (natural discourse). Finds that older children were able to use different structures for argumentation and write longer arguments. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Code Switching (Language), Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis