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"Which Mouse Kissed the Frog?" Effects of Age of Onset, Length of Exposure, and Knowledge of Case Marking on the Comprehension of "Wh"-Questions in German-Speaking Simultaneous and Early Sequential Bilingual Children
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Roesch, Anne Dorothee; Chondrogianni, Vasiliki – Journal of Child Language, 2016
Studies examining age of onset (AoO) effects in childhood bilingualism have provided mixed results as to whether early sequential bilingual children (eL2) differ from simultaneous bilingual children (2L1) and L2 children on the acquisition of morphosyntax. Differences between the three groups have been attributed to other factors such as length of…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, German, Bilingualism, Young Children
The Association between Comprehension of Spoken Sentences and Early Reading Ability: The Role of Phonetic Representation.
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Mann, Virginia A.; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1984
Discusses results of a study of good and poor third-grade readers that indicates that difficulties with phonetic representation could underlie the inferior sentence comprehension of poor beginning readers. In addition, the finding that these children place greater reliance on immature processing strategies raised further possibility that tempo of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Listening Comprehension, Memory, Phonetics
The Pragmatics of Subordinating Conjunctions: A Second Look.
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Scholnick, Ellin Kofsky; Wing, Clara S. – Journal of Child Language, 1982
Examines how speakers and listeners make judgments on the relationship and truth of propositions connected by subordinating conjunctions. (EKN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Componential Analysis, Conjunctions, Error Analysis (Language)