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Forys-Nogala, Malgorzata; Haman, Ewa; Katsos, Napoleon; Krajewski, Grzegorz; Schulz, Petra – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2017
This study investigates relationships between acquisition of exhaustivity in single and multiple "wh"-questions, mastery of semantic and pragmatic aspects of quantifier comprehension, and general skills in receptive grammar. The participants of the study were 25 Polish monolingual typically developing children aged 4;02-6;02, who were…
Descriptors: Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Grammar
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Ntourou, Katerina; Conture, Edward G.; Lipsey, Mark W. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2011
Purpose: To identify, integrate, and summarize evidence from empirical studies of the language abilities of children who stutter (CWS) and children who do not stutter (CWNS). Method: Candidate studies were identified through electronic databases, the tables of contents of speech-language journals, and reference lists of relevant articles and…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Children, Meta Analysis, Expressive Language
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Bialystok, Ellen; Luk, Gigi; Peets, Kathleen F.; Yang, Sujin – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2010
Studies often report that bilingual participants possess a smaller vocabulary in the language of testing than monolinguals, especially in research with children. However, each study is based on a small sample so it is difficult to determine whether the vocabulary difference is due to sampling error. We report the results of an analysis of 1,738…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Receptive Language, Vocabulary
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Savage-Rumbaugh, E. Sue – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1993
Discusses methods of assessing language comprehension in apes. Considers the possible effect of brain physiology on the differences between productive and receptive language skills. Examines the possibility that differences between synaptic transmission and volume transmission, or transmission across extracellular spaces, of neurological impulses…
Descriptors: Children, Evolution, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition
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Konstantareas, M. Mary; Leibovitz, Sandi F. – Sign Language Studies, 1981
Compares the effectiveness of a visual only approach (mouthing and signing) with a simultaneous visual and auditory approach (signing and speaking) in teaching autistic-like children to communicate. Results suggest the simultaneous approach may be superior. In addition, receptive abilities precede expressive. Implications of therapeutic…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Language Acquisition, Language Research
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Bates, Elizabeth – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1993
Discusses the assessment of children's early language comprehension by the use of (1) parent reports; (2) preferential-looking models; and (3) event-related brain potentials. Examines recent findings on dissociations between language comprehension and production in normal, late-talking, and brain-injured children and considers the implications of…
Descriptors: Children, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps