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Preschoolers Flexibly Shift between Speakers' Perspectives during Real-Time Language Comprehension
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Khu, Melanie; Chambers, Craig G.; Graham, Susan A. – Child Development, 2020
In communicative situations, preschoolers use shared knowledge, or "common ground," to guide their interpretation of a speaker's referential intent. Using eye-tracking measures, this study investigated the time course of 4-year-olds' (n = 95) use of two different speakers' perspectives and assessed how individual differences in this…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Comprehension
Processing Limitations in Children with Specific Language Impairment: The Role of Executive Function
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Im-Bolter, Nancie; Johnson, Janice; Pascual-Leone, Juan – Child Development, 2006
Research suggests that children with specific language impairment (SLI) have processing limitations; however, the mechanisms involved have not been well defined or investigated in a theory-guided manner. The theory of constructive operators was used as a framework to explore processes underlying limited processing capacity in children with SLI.…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Children, Language Skills, Language Acquisition
Factors in the Growth of Linguistic Awareness.
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Bialystok, Ellen – Child Development, 1986
Investigates the metalinguistic ability of monolingual or bilingual children between five and nine years of age on two language tasks (grammaticality judgment and correction). (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingualism, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
Language and Williams Syndrome: How Intact is "Intact"?
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Karmiloff-Smith, Annette; And Others – Child Development, 1997
Examined morphosyntax in persons with Williams Syndrome (WS). Analyzed receptive language of English-speaking WS persons and grammatical gender assignment of French-speaking WS persons. Found within-domain dissociations in grammatical gender assignment across several sentence elements and difficulties in understanding embedded sentences, which…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Child Development, Children