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Clark, Eve V.; Garnica, Olga K. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
A study is reported which examined the acquisition of deictic verbs by asking children to identify the speaker or the addressee of utterances containing "come,""go,""bring," and "take." Analysis showed that children go through several stages in the acquisition of deictic verbs. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, English, Language Acquisition
Martin, J. E.; Molfese, Dennis L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Adjectives, Child Language, English, Grammar
Ehri, Linnea C.; Richardson, Dana – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Adjectives, Child Language, Deep Structure, Language Research
Sheldon, Amy – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Research is reported in which children were tested for their comprehension of four types of sentences with relative clauses. The Parallel Function Hypothesis is proposed, and implications for adult grammar are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Palermo, David S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation; reports results of experiments in general cognitive development of children tested for their comprehension of the words more'' and less'' (RS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Experiments
Nurss, Joanne R.; Day, David E. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
This study compared the ability of Southern urban higher status white and lower status white and black four-year-olds to imitate, comprehend, and produce selected standard English grammatical structures. The higher status white group performed better than either of the lower ones. Possible effects of dialect differences on the results is…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Child Language, Comprehension, Psycholinguistics
Bartlett, Elsa Jaffe – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Investigates extent to which certain co-referential and structural constraints are reflected in the anaphoric noun phrases of written narratives of elementary school writers. Results indicate that poor writers are relatively insensitive to the constraints of the more difficult co-referential context, but that they (poor writers) are as sensitive…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Students
Fernald, Charles D. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Based in part on an Indiana University doctoral dissertation; segments presented to the Midwestern Psychological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1970. Research supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Traineeship, a Public Health Service Predoctoral Research Fellowship to the author, and a Public Health Service Research Grant to Richard…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Contrast, Experiments
Richards, Meredith Martin – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
A production-based method of investigating children's understanding of deictic verbs is described. Use of "come/go" and "bring/take" by 4-7-year-olds is compared with Clark and Garnica's 1974 study. Data reveal different facts about verb acquisition processes and order. (CHK)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Ability, Language Acquisition, Language Usage
Braine, Martin D. S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Two claims about early stages of language development--that of a limitation on length of utterance and that of reduction rules which delete major constituents from simple sentences--are questioned. Supporting arguments are reviewed, and alternative explanations offered. (RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Grammar
Howe, Herbert E., Jr.; Hillman, Donald – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a grant from the University of Nebraska Research Council. (RS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Schools, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory
MacKay, Donald G. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
A study is described which examined the retrieval of regular and irregular past tense verbs. Results suggested that preterites such as "taught" are not stored as separate and independent lexical units but are formed from the verb stem by means of derivational rules. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Grammar
Nakanishi, Yasuko; Owada, Kenjiro – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Grammar, Imitation
Kenney, Terrence J.; Wolfe, Jean – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Preliminary version of this article presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1971. Research and preparation of the paper supported in part by an Intramural Grant from the Regents of the University of California to T. Kenney. (VM)
Descriptors: Child Language, English, Experiments, Language Acquisition
Clark, Eve V. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Research supported in part by a National Science Foundation Grant. (VM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Experiments, Information Processing
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