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Martin, J. E.; Molfese, Dennis L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Adjectives, Child Language, English, Grammar
Sheldon, Amy – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Research is reported in which children were tested for their comprehension of four types of sentences with relative clauses. The Parallel Function Hypothesis is proposed, and implications for adult grammar are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Fernald, Charles D. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Based in part on an Indiana University doctoral dissertation; segments presented to the Midwestern Psychological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1970. Research supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Traineeship, a Public Health Service Predoctoral Research Fellowship to the author, and a Public Health Service Research Grant to Richard…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Contrast, Experiments
Braine, Martin D. S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Two claims about early stages of language development--that of a limitation on length of utterance and that of reduction rules which delete major constituents from simple sentences--are questioned. Supporting arguments are reviewed, and alternative explanations offered. (RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Grammar
MacKay, Donald G. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
A study is described which examined the retrieval of regular and irregular past tense verbs. Results suggested that preterites such as "taught" are not stored as separate and independent lexical units but are formed from the verb stem by means of derivational rules. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Grammar
Nakanishi, Yasuko; Owada, Kenjiro – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Grammar, Imitation
Waters, Harriet Salatas – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1980
Descriptive grammars based on sets of rewrite rules were constructed to summarize the structure and organization of 120 entries in a second grade student's journal of class news. These rules illuminated the relationship between experience, abstraction, and generation of structure, and the use of structure to express complex thoughts. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Child Language, Descriptive Linguistics, Elementary Education, Expository Writing
