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Pearl, Lisa – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2017
Generative approaches to language have long recognized the natural link between theories of knowledge representation and theories of knowledge acquisition. The basic idea is that the knowledge representations provided by Universal Grammar enable children to acquire language as reliably as they do because these representations highlight the…
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory, Computational Linguistics
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

Sabeau-Jouannet, Emilie – Langue Francaise, 1977
A discussion of the child's language acquisition including examples of syntactic development. This analysis is introduced by references to various language theories, particularly the generative and psycholinguistic theories, and to various systems of syntactic description. The examples given raise questions on the theoretic and ideological levels.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Willbrand, Mary Louise – 1973
This paper reports on a study conducted to determine the abilities of children to make optional transformations in sentences conjoined with "and." The subjects were 35 middle-class children between the ages of five and eight, who demonstrated average school achievement, spoke standard American English, and had normal speech and hearing. A…
Descriptors: Child Language, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition
Bushnell, Emily W. – 1977
In order to investigate the development of word-formation abilities, 3-, 5-, and 7-year-olds were asked to act out with toys, judge, and make up sentences containing instances of class extension. Some sample sentences are "Can you upside-down the clown?" and "Broom the spoon." Children dealt with such sentences in much the same…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Comprehension, Generative Grammar
Menyuk, Paula – 1972
Universal trends and individual variations in the language development process of the child are described and their relationships to beginning reading instruction are discussed. Child language begins with single word utterances to name things or to express needs and feelings. With a two-word utterance, the child can describe relationships more…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Child Language, Generative Grammar

Suppes, P.; And Others – 1974
This is the second report concerned with the analysis of a young child's spoken French. It focuses on the study of the entire corpus of 33 hour sessions occurring approximately once a week and ranging from the time the subject was 25 months old to 38 months old. Chapter 1 is devoted to introductory remarks. Chapter 2 contains a dictionary of the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Developmental Psychology, French, Generative Grammar
Taylor, Louise Todd – 1969
Samples of written language were collected from 140 congenitally deaf children at grade levels 3, 5, 7, and 9. The samples were then subjected to error, quantitative, and transformational analysis. Findings suggested a relationship between the order in which the deaf child acquires the rules of his language and the ordering of rules in a…
Descriptors: Child Language, Deafness, Exceptional Child Research, Generative Grammar
Blount, Benny Garell – 1969
The general goals of this study of Luo children in Kenya were (1) to provide a description of the acquisition of language in terms of categories acquired within the age range of 12-35 months; (2) to account for their linguistic competence in the generation of their language; and (3) to illustrate how social settings alter the linguistic…
Descriptors: African Culture, Anthropology, Child Language, Cross Cultural Studies
Klann, Gisela – 1975
This is a study of linguistic variability among social levels in West Germany and of the problems associated with doing such an analysis. The data, ordered according to sex and social levels, were collected from young children retelling narratives heard on tapes. The report represents a comprehensive study of the children's syntactic performance…
Descriptors: Child Language, Generative Grammar, German, Grammar
Cairns, Charles; Silva, Dolores – 1969
The present level of understanding of the psycholinguistic processes and capacities underlying the child's acquisition of language is reviewed in this publication. In the first chapter, linguistic theories, biological characteristics of language learning, and the distinctions between language competence and language performance are discussed. The…
Descriptors: Child Language, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Language
Reibel, David A., Ed.; Schane, Sanford A., Ed. – 1969
This collection of articles written over a period of 10 years concerning the transformational syntax of English has been divided into six sections. The articles in the first section provide background material for the reader with no specialized linguistic preparation. They present the fundamental questions that linguists are now asking, some of…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Applied Linguistics, Case (Grammar), Child Language
Dato, Daniel P. – 1970
This project seeking to develop sound methodological research techniques for second-language is based on an initial pilot study which (1) identified and classifies the utterances of a child learning Spanish as a second language, and (2) determines whether there are any significant trends in the observed order of learning of kernels and transformed…
Descriptors: Child Language, Componential Analysis, Generative Grammar, Kernel Sentences

Flynn, Suzanne – Language Learning, 1987
The parameter-setting model of universal grammar provides a basis for integrating two theories of second language acquisition: contrastive analysis and creative construction. The elicited responses of adult native speakers of Spanish and adult native speakers of Japanese were examined. The head-initial/head-final parameter was the principle…
Descriptors: Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, English (Second Language)
Allen, Harold B., Comp. – 1966
This bibliography is intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate students who desire a convenient guide to linguistic scholarship in English, education, linguistics, and related areas. The listing is selective, but the compiler has tried to provide ample coverage of the major fields and topics, with emphasis on works published in the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingualism, Child Language, Dialects
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