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Peer reviewedMoore, Timothy E. – Language and Speech, 1975
Data obtained from seventh graders does not support Chomsky's hierarchy of language rules, whereby degrees of sentence grammaticality can be assigned to ungrammatical sentences. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 7, Grammar, Language Research
Peer reviewedKlecan-Aker, Joan S.; Lopez, Beth – Language and Speech, 1985
Describes a study that compared the language abilities of first and third grade children. The children's narratives were analyzed for differences in T-units and the use of reference and conjoining. Results indicate that the older children used longer T-units and generally had more cohesive ties within their narratives. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Child Language, Coherence, Conjunctions, Discourse Analysis
