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Miller, Hilary E.; Andrews, Chelsea A.; Simmering, Vanessa R. – Child Development, 2020
This study took a novel approach to understanding the role of language in spatial development by combining approaches from spatial language and gesture research. It analyzed forty-three 4.5- to 6-year-old's speech and gesture production during explanations of reasoning behind performance on Spatial Analogies and Children's Mental Transformation…
Descriptors: Language Role, Language Acquisition, Spatial Ability, Child Development
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Green, Judith L.; Baker, W. Douglas; Chian, Monaliza Maximo; Vanderhoof, Carmen; Hooper, LeeAnna; Kelly, Gregory J.; Skukauskaite, Audra; Kalainoff, Melinda Z. – Review of Research in Education, 2020
This review presents theoretical underpinnings supporting microethnographic-discourse analytic (ME/DA) approaches to studying educational phenomena. The review is presented in two parts. Part 1 provides an analytic review of two seminal reviews of literature that frame theoretical and methodological developments of microethnography and functions…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Case Studies, Classroom Communication
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Kim, Sujeong; Ko, Heejeong; Yang, Hyun-Kwon – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2020
Resultative constructions show a wide range of cross-linguistic variation, which may pose nontrivial challenges to L2 learners. This study investigates how syntactic and semantic differences between L1 and L2 affect L2 acquisition of resultatives. In particular, we investigate how L1-Korean learners project the syntax and semantics of L2-English…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Contrastive Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax