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Foorman, Barbara R.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1981
Five- and seven-year-old English and Spanish speaking children were tested on short term memory, perceptual matching, and referential communication tasks to determine the relationship between linguistic coordination and language group. English speakers had significantly lower performance on the communication and perceptual tasks. (Author/APM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, English
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Cairns, Helen Smith; And Others – Language, 1994
Examined the development of principles of control in the grammar of 15 preschool children over a 9-month period, focusing on pronominal reference. The results confirm a developmental sequence that is driven by lexical learning and changing structural analyses. (38 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Child Language, English, Grammar, Language Acquisition