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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
Morgan, James L.; Newport, Elissa L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1981
Describes an experiment where subjects were exposed to a sample of sentences from an artificial linguistic system and tested on their knowledge of the linear and hierarchical structures of the language. Suggests that learners succeed in inducing coherent grammatical systems only when input provides enough correlated cues to constituent…
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Experimental Psychology, Grammar, Language Acquisition
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
