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Peer reviewedBohannon, John Neil, III; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Reports two studies which found a relationship between awareness of word order in sentences and reading readiness and achievement for children in kindergarten through third grade. Suggests this type of metalinguistic awareness may be important to early reading because it helps children to detect meaningful relationships between words. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Longitudinal Studies, Reading Achievement, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedBates, Elizabeth; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Compares sentence interpretation in American and Italian children between the ages of two and five. Results indicated that Italian children relied primarily on semantic cues, whereas American children relied on word order. (Author/CI)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cues, Interpretive Skills, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedWetstone, Harriet S.; Friedlander, Bernard Z. – Child Development, 1973
The study investigated the communicative effectiveness of word order in preschoolers' comprehension of meaning using simple questions and commands in an at-home play context. (ST)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition
