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Roy, Joseph; Oetting, Janna B.; Wynn Moland, Christy – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: Overt marking of "BE" in nonmainstream adult dialects of English is influenced by a number of linguistic constraints, including the structure's person, number, tense, contractibility, and grammatical function. In the current study, the authors examined the effects of these constraints on overt marking of "BE" in…
Descriptors: Young Children, Black Dialects, African American Children, English
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Roben, Caroline K. P.; Cole, Pamela M.; Armstrong, Laura Marie – Child Development, 2013
Researchers have suggested that as children's language skill develops in early childhood, it comes to help children regulate their emotions (Cole, Armstrong, & Pemberton, 2010; Kopp, 1989), but the pathways by which this occurs have not been studied empirically. In a longitudinal study of 120 children from 18 to 48 months of age, associations…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Toddlers, Psychological Patterns, Self Control
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Fodness, Ruth Wochnick; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1991
Examined test-retest reliability for Test of Language Development-2: Primary (TOLD-2 P) and Intermediate (TOLD-2 I). Findings from 60 children revealed that, with few exceptions, both tests had satisfactory reliability over 2-week interval. Less satisfactory reliability was found for TOLD-2 P Semantics Composite (ages 4, 6 ,and 8); Phonology…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Language Acquisition, Test Reliability, Young Children