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Nelson, Nickola Wolf – Topics in Language Disorders, 1986
Children with language disorders experience problems in three dimensions of semantics: (1) content of content (reference, referents, concepts); (2) form of content (structural units of meaning); (3) use of content (functional variation in meaning). Teacher intervention strategies in each area (e.g., for problems of reference, sentence meaning,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Language Handicaps, Language Processing
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Wiig, Elisabeth – Topics in Language Disorders, 1984
Research is reviewed on language growth between 10-14 years in children with language-learning disabilities. Delays are discussed in semantic development, concept formation, syntactic development, memory, and pragmatics. A strategies-based intervention focus is described along with the need for counseling and for developing adaptive coping and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities
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Stockman, Ida J.; Vaughn-Cooke, Fay Boyd – Topics in Language Disorders, 1986
A comparative analysis of four studies that emphasized linguistic similarities (rather than differences) between nonstandard speakers and other groups focused on developmental characteristics of the semantic categories encoded by nonstandard speakers compared with other speakers. Implications for language assessment are discussed. (JW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Language Patterns, Language Research
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Cross, Toni G. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1984
The review of studies on parental language to language-impaired children cites methodological problems and discusses findings on the following topics: parental effects on language development, the importance of discourse contingencies, (semantic contingencies, acknowledgments, and parental self-repititions), sentence types and associated…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Language Handicaps
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Shekar, Chandra; Hegde, M. N. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This article reviews the cultural and linguistic background of Asian Indians in the United States. It highlights some of the phonological, grammatical, semantic, and vocabulary usage peculiarities of the variety of English called Indian English spoken by immigrants from the Indian subcontinent. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Dialects, Ethnic Groups
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Cato, M. Allison; Moore, Anna Bacon; Crosson, Bruce – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
This article reviews competing theories of semantic organization in the brain, including modular models, unitary models, and the matrix theory, and provides supporting and refuting evidence for each, incorporating examples from the imaging literature. The literature does provide some support for distinct neural substrates that process specific…
Descriptors: Adults, Anatomy, Biological Influences, Children
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Menyuk, Paula; Chesnick, Marie – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
A study of 141 children (ages 4-5) with language impairments and a study of 120 children (ages 7-12) with oral language and/or reading problems, indicate a relationship between the processing of phonological and semantactic linguistic information and performance on oral language and reading tests three years later. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Influences, Language Impairments
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Battle, Dolores E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This article reviews recent investigations of the development of phonology, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics in the development of speech and language by African American children. Clinical implications are offered to aid the distinction between normal language development using features of African American English and language disorders.…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
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Pehrsson, Robert S.; Denner, Peter R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
Teaching organizational strategies to language-disordered children can improve comprehension and formulation of written language. The semantic organizer approach involves activating and organizing prior knowledge, understanding text structure, and developing organizational strategies with both a verbal component and a graphic-structure component.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Processing, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
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Irwin, Judith Westphal – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
Linguistic cohesion involves the semantic and syntactic relationships that link sentences together. Research on linguistic cohesion is related to readability and to developmental and ability-level issues in reading/writing. Instructional strategies for low-ability readers/writers include predicting comprehension problems through cohesion analysis…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cohesion (Written Composition), Developmental Stages, Discourse Analysis