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Zhang, Fangfang; McCabe, Allyssa; Ye, Jiaqi; Wang, Yan; Li, Xiaoyan – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
To investigate the narrative development of Chinese-speaking children aged 3--6 years, 80 children were prompted to tell personal stories. High point analysis was used and both narrative components and overall narrative patterns were analyzed. In terms of narrative components, Chinese children were more skillful in using complicating action,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Personal Narratives, Language Patterns, Discourse Analysis
Theakston, Anna L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
In this study, 5-year-olds and adults described scenes that differed according to whether (a) the subject or object of a transitive verb represented an accessible or inaccessible referent, consistent or inconsistent with patterns of preferred argument structure, and (b) a simple noun was sufficient to uniquely identify an inaccessible referent.…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Sentences, Nouns, Adults

Pellegrini, Anthony D.; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1987
Indicates that (1) children's violations decreased with age; (2) in the dyadic context, fathers assumed a more directive role in response to children's violations than did mothers; (3) there were no between-parent differences between parents regarding reactions to children's violations in the triadic context. (NKA)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis

Coquin-Viennot, Daniele; Coirier, Pierre – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1992
Reports on a study of written protocols by 147 children, ages 7-14. Comparisons were made between those who were asked to debate an issue (formal discourse) and those who were asked to defend an opinion (natural discourse). Finds that older children were able to use different structures for argumentation and write longer arguments. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Code Switching (Language), Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis

Rodriguez, Oralia – 1976
Up to the present, no studies have been done in the area of child language in Mexico. The Center of Linguistic and Literary Studies of the Colegio de Mexico carried out an empirical investigation of the language of six- to seven-year-old Mexican children. This paper presents, in preliminary form, some partial results of the investigation,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Discourse Analysis
Pellegrini, A. D. – 1980
The intent of this study was to determine the extent to which preschool children's speech to self, their private speech, was differentiated from their social speech. Ten randomly chosen preschool children, six boys and four girls with a median age of 56 months, were observed in conditions supportive of oral communication (free play), and in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis
McCabe, Patrick P. – 1977
The creative oral language elicited from 45 preoperational and 40 concrete operational first grade students was analyzed to study the relationship between cognitive development and the types of case relationships produced. Each child's language was analyzed for eight noun/verb relationships, including state, process, action, experience, location,…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development