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Peer reviewedKamhi, 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
Aaronson, Doris; Ferres, Steven – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Results of a study indicated that adults reading for retention spent more time focusing on syntactic structure, while those reading for immediate comprehension focused more of their time on semantic content. However, the children (fifth graders) used reading strategies that involved mixtures of both of the adult components. (SL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedHoffman, Paul R. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1992
This response to EC 604 058 argues that Marc Fey's emphasis on language organization at the morpheme and word level is not efficacious with preschool children who show phonological delay and delayed semantic-syntactic development. A model of verbal communication which unites phonetic, phonological, and higher organizational levels and related…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Delayed Speech, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
