Descriptor
Language Acquisition | 2 |
Language Handicaps | 2 |
Syntax | 2 |
Evaluation Methods | 1 |
Grammar | 1 |
Junior High Schools | 1 |
Middle Schools | 1 |
Teaching Methods | 1 |
Young Children | 1 |
Source
Topics in Language Disorders | 2 |
Publication Type
Guides - Non-Classroom | 2 |
Journal Articles | 2 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Klecan-Aker, Joan S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1985
The discussion of older language disordered children's syntactic development focuses on an increase in T-units (minimal terminal units) and an expansion of types of cohesion (ways in which children tie their utterance structures together). Implications for assessment and treatment are drawn. (CL)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Middle Schools

Kamhi, Alan G.; Nelson, Lauren K. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
The article looks at syntactic deficiencies involving simple clause structures and grammatical morphology in young children. A framework for understanding the development of simple clause structures is presented followed by a discussion of the correlates of early syntactic development. Procedures to assess and remediate syntactic deficiencies are…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps