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Fremgen, Amy; Fay, David – Journal of Child Language, 1980
In response to earlier studies by Thompson and Chapman (1977) and Clark and Clark (1977), 16 middle-class and upper-class White children between 1.2 and 2.2 were tested for overextension in production and comprehension. (AM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Language Acquisition, Language Research
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Richards, Meredith Martin – Journal of Child Language, 1979
Ninety children between the ages of three and six described objects which differed on three simultaneous dimensions, using adjective combinations appropriate to the dimensions. Each child performed an imitation, comprehension, and production task. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research
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Lindholm, Kathryn J.; Padilla, A. M. – Journal of Child Language, 1978
This article concludes that language mixes do not constitute a major interference in the acquisition of bilingualism since children appear to be able to differentiate their two linguistic systems from an early age. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)