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Nippold, Marilyn A. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2009
Purpose: This study examined language productivity and syntactic complexity in school-age children in relation to their knowledge of the topic of discussion--the game of chess. Method: Children (N = 32; mean age = 10;11 [years;months]) who played chess volunteered to be interviewed by an adult examiner who had little or no experience playing…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Form Classes (Languages), Children, Games
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de Zarobe, Yolanda Ruiz – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2005
This longitudinal study examines the acquisition of subject pronouns in third language (L3) production. Participants were 90 Basque-Spanish bilingual students, learning English as a third language in a formal setting in the Basque Country. All the participants, who had received the same amount of exposure to English, were divided into three groups…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Form Classes (Languages), English (Second Language), Indo European Languages