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Commentary on Special Issue: Syntax and Verbal Short Term Memory
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Riches, Nick – First Language, 2020
Short term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) performance consistently predict language abilities in children with developmental language disorders. However, causality is not fully established. Moreover, evidence from the fine-grained analysis of STM/WM tasks and comprehension of complex sentences, suggests that long term memory (LTM)…
Descriptors: Syntax, Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory, Language Skills
Reflexes of Mental Architecture in Second-Language Acquisition: The Interpretation of "Combien" Extractions in English-French Interlanguage.
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Dekydtspotter, Laurent; Sprouse, Rex A.; Swanson, Kimberly A. B. – Language Acquisition, 2001
Presents the results of an empirical study of the interpretation of left branch "combien" (how many) extractions in English-French interlanguage. Results show that knowledge of the interpretation of left-branch "combien" extraction is detectable in English-French interlanguage. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, English, French, Interlanguage
Relation of Working Memory to Off-Line and Real-Time Sentence Processing in Children with Specific Language Impairment.
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Montgomery, James W. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2000
Examined the influence of working memory on the off-line and real-time sentence comprehension/ processing of children with specific language impairment (SLI). Twelve children with SLI, 12 normally developing children matched for chronological age (CA), and 12 children matched for receptive syntax completed three tasks. Suggests that SLI children…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Language Impairments, Language Processing
Linguistic Games for Language Learning: A Special Use of the ILLICO Library.
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Pasero, Robert; Sabatier, Paul – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1998
Describes principles underlying ILLICO, a generic natural-language software tool for building larger applications for performing specific linguistic tasks such as analysis, synthesis, and guided composition. Shows to what extent this approach is relevant to the development of computer-assisted language-learning systems. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Natural Language Processing, Second Language Instruction