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Rhythm and Syntax Processing in School-Age Children
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Lee, Yune S.; Ahn, Sanghoon; Holt, Rachael Frush; Schellenberg, E. Glenn – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Scholars debate whether musical and linguistic abilities are associated or independent. In the present study, we examined whether musical rhythm skills predict receptive grammar proficiency in childhood. In Experiment 1, 7- to 17-year-old children (N = 68) were tested on their grammar and rhythm abilities. In the grammar-comprehension task,…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Grammar, Task Analysis, Phrase Structure
Learning to Remember by Learning to Speak
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Ettlinger, Marc; Lanter, Jennifer; Van Pay, Craig K. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Does the language we speak affect the way we think, and if so, how? Previous researchers have considered this question by exploring the cognitive abilities of speakers of different languages. In the present study, we looked for evidence of linguistic relativity within a language and within participants by looking at memory recall for monolingual…
Descriptors: Memory, Language, Speech, Recall (Psychology)
Development of Grammatical-Sensitivity, Phonological, and Short-Term Memory Skills in Normally Achieving and Learning Disabled Children.
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Siegel, Linda S.; Ryan, Ellen B. – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Studied was the development of a variety of grammatical-sensitivity and phonological skills in normally achieving, reading-disabled, arithmetic-disabled, and attention deficit disordered children 7 to 14 years old. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries