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Differential Contribution of Psycholinguistic and Cognitive Skills to Written Composition in Chinese as a Second Language
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Leong, Che Kan; Shum, Mark Shiu Kee; Tai, Chung Pui; Ki, Wing Wah; Zhang, Dongbo – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
This study examined the contribution of the constructs of orthographic processing (orthographic choice and orthographic choice in context), syntactic processing (grammaticality and sentence integrity), and verbal working memory (two reading span indicators) to written Chinese composition (narration, explanation, and argumentation) in 129…
Descriptors: Syntax, Grammar, Sentences, Verbal Communication
Construct Validity of a Process-Oriented Test Assessing Syntactic Skills in German Primary Schoolchildren
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Schindler, Julia; Richter, Tobias; Isberner, Maj-Britt; Naumann, Johannes; Neeb, Yvonne – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
Reading comprehension is based on the efficient accomplishment of several cognitive processes at the word, sentence, and text level. To the extent that each of these processes contributes to reading comprehension, it can cause reading difficulties if it is deficient. To identify individual sources of reading difficulties, tools are required that…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Language Tests, Grammar, Task Analysis
Acquisition of Mental State Language in Spanish Children: A Longitudinal Study of the Relationship between the Production of Mental Verbs and Linguistic Development
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Pascual, Belen; Aguado, Gerardo; Sotillo, Maria; Masdeu, Jose C. – Developmental Science, 2008
The development of language indicating the emergence of thinking about the thoughts of self and others has been scarcely studied in Spanish-speaking children. For this reason, we studied the development of mental state language and various indicators of language development in 25 Spanish-speaking children assessed at 3, 3 1/2, 4, 4 1/2, and 5…
Descriptors: Sentences, Speech Communication, Verbs, Spanish Speaking
Formal Differences in Main and Subordinate Clauses as a Product of Comprehension Strategies.
Townsend, David J. – 1977
Recent work in syntactic theory has revealed that word order is more constrained in subordinate clauses, particularly nonasserted clauses, than in main clauses (Ross, 1973; Hooper & Thompson, 1973). On the other hand, main clauses are restricted in the extent to which they allow pronominalization and verb phrase deletion (Lakoff, 1968). These…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Language, Cognitive Processes
The Influence of Sentence Type upon Paraphrase Strategy in Children.
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Hoar, Nancy – 1977
The ability to produce and recognize paraphrases is necessary for a child's linguistic development. The purpose of this paper is to explain how three basic sentence types interact with age in determining the strategy a child uses in producing paraphrases. Three paraphrase strategies considered are lexical substitution, syntactic rearrangement, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
The Development of Complex Sentence Interpretation in Typically Developing Children Compared with Children with Specific Language Impairments or Early Unilateral Focal Lesions
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Dick, Frederic; Wulfeck, Beverly; Krupa-Kwiatkowski, Magda; Bates, Elizabeth – Developmental Science, 2004
This study compared sentence comprehension skills in typically developing children 5-17 years of age, children with language impairment (LI) and children with focal brain injuries (FL) acquired in the pre/perinatal period. Participants were asked to process sentences "on-line", choosing the agent in sentences that varied in syntactic complexity…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Sentences, Verbs, Language Impairments