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Taylor, Talbot J. – Language Sciences, 2011
Despite the growing body of integrationist literature on the study of language and on a wide range of language-related fields of inquiry, there is as yet no integrationist investigation of the field of language acquisition. This paper argues for the need of an integrationist study of what children learn about language and of how they learn it.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Acquisition, Language Research
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Danby, Susan – Language and Education, 1996
Presents an analysis of the speech practices of preschool children engaged in daily play and interactions, by adopting a perspective that recognizes young children organizing social membership through talk and activity. A reading based on traditional early childhood practices is contrasted with an alternative reading showing children constructing…
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
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Genishi, Celia – Theory into Practice, 1981
Researchers from several disciplines have contributed to the realization that context or social situation varies in regard to a child's language acquisition. Children acquire both linguistic competence, the unconscious understanding of grammatical rules, and communicative competence, the understanding that language is used differently in different…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context
Mahoney, Gerald; Mahoney, Frida – 1996
One of the most important skills of professionals who work with young children is the ability to assess developmental functioning through informal observation. This skill serves as the foundation for screening or identifying children in need of developmental services, conducting play-based developmental assessments, and helping parents to…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Health
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Warren, Steven F.; Yoder, Paul J. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1996
Reviews past and present research on early communication and language intervention at the Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, presenting three premises that inform most of the Kennedy Center's research on the issue, summarizing seven lines of contemporary research by Kennedy Center investigators that influence the development of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Health, Child Language