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Porton, Vicki M. – 1978
This study explored the dichotomy between global errors, that is, those violating rules of overall sentence structure, and local errors, that is, those violating rules within a particular constituent of a sentence, and the relationship of these to communication breakdown. The focus was tense continuity across clauses (TC) and subject-verb…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis
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Redmond, Sean M. – Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 2004
Conversational indices of language impairment were used to investigate similarities and differences among children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and children with typical development (TD). Utterance formulation measures (per cent words mazed and average number of words per…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Language Impairments, Measures (Individuals)