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Adam Liter – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation presents a series of case studies concerned with whether the signal in a given set of measurements that we take in the course of linguistic inquiry reflects grammatical competence or performance factors. We know that performance and competence do not always covary, yet it is not uncommon to assume that measurements that we take…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Grammar, Linguistic Competence, Measurement Techniques
Gowie, Cheryl Janice – 1973
This study examined the extent of children's awareness of the semantic subtleties of the word "promise" and their comprehension of sentences following an atypical syntactic pattern using "promise" as the main verb. Subjects included children within three months of being six-and-one-half, eight-and-one-half, nine-and-one-half, and ten-and-one-half…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Expectation, Language Research
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Lakshmanan, Usha – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2006
Within child language acquisition research, there has been a fair amount of controversy regarding children's knowledge of the grammatical properties associated with verbal inflection (e.g., tense, agreement, and aspect). Some researchers have proposed that the child's early grammar is fundamentally different from the adult grammar, whereas others…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Speech, Phonology, Verbs
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Nussbaum, N. Jo; Naremore, Rita C. – Language and Speech, 1975
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Usage
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Shields, Maureen M. – English in Education, 1972
Descriptors: Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Language Ability, Language Research
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Duchan, Judith; Lund, Nancy J. – Journal of Child Language, 1979
This study is an attempt to investigate the efficacy of using existing semantic relations categories for understanding how children comprehend the verb "with" + noun construction. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Aller, Wayne K.; And Others – 1977
In a study extending and refining Carol Chomsky's research, 48 Arabic speaking children aged six, eight, and ten were tested for their comprehension of imperatives using the complement-requiring verbs Ask, Tell, and Promise. Clear support for children's overgeneralization of the minimal distance principle was found only with Promise constructions.…
Descriptors: Arabic, Child Language, Comprehension, Language Acquisition
Hopmann, Marita R.; Maratsos, Michael P. – 1977
Two groups of preschoolers and one of young grade-schoolers were tested for their comprehension of presuppositions and negation in complex syntax. Four types of sentences were presented: affirmative and negative versions of sentences with factive main predicates (which presuppose the truth of the proposition of the complement clause) and with…
Descriptors: Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Language Research
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Grimm, Hannelore – Language and Speech, 1975
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition
O'Donnell, Roy C. – Elementary English, 1974
Urges classroom teachers to examine the current language research and dialect discoveries in order to teach effectively.
Descriptors: Child Language, Dialect Studies, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
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Levy, Beatrice K. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Black Students, Child Language, Disadvantaged Youth
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
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Brown, H, Douglas – Child Development, 1971
Results imply that in early childhood education the language of test instructions and reading programs could be better geared to the child's linguistic competence. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Data Analysis, Language Acquisition
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Krashen, Stephen D. – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
Evidence is presented to support the hypothesis that informal and formal environments contribute to different aspects of second language competence, the former affecting acquired competence and the latter affecting learned competence. Data is presented that suggests that the classroom can be used simultaneously as a formal and informal linguistic…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Instruction, Language Research, Learning Processes
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Lentin, Laurence – Langue Francaise, 1975
Examines the relationship between language acquisition and current linguistic theory, with specific reference to Chomsky's work. Linguistic areas that should be explored in relation to acquisition are suggested, including regional dialect studies, the place of sociolinguistic factors in acquisition, and syntax. Suggestions as to how to analyze…
Descriptors: Child Language, French, Language Acquisition, Language Research
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