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Brandl, Anel – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A central issue in second language acquisition (SLA) research is the relationship between morphosyntactic and lexical-semantic knowledge among L2 learners. It has been proposed that, L2 language acquisition starts with transfer of L1 semantic and morphosyntactic processing strategies; however, it has been observed that, at lower proficiency…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, English, Spanish
Melrose, Robin; Melrose, Susan F. – IRAL, 1989
Discusses the relationship between communicative function and grammar, and the relationship between initiation and discourse. Using a systemic functional framework, a model is set up with with three planes (semiotic, discourse, and language/paralanguage) and two linguistic levels (grammar and phonology) to demonstrate how situation, communicative…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Higher Education
Aaronson, Doris, Ed.; Rieber, Robert W., Ed. – 1979
In this book, current work and issues in psycholinguistics are reviewed by 19 noted authorities in the fields of psychology, linguistics, education, psychiatry, and medicine. The seven sections of the book discuss past and present issues in psycholinguistics (including controversial issues and the theoretical and historical roots of…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Generative Phonology
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Grosjean, Francois – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Compares the production of speech and sign: the approaches used in research, the cognitive processes involved, and the output timing mechanism. (AM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Grammar
Santelmann, Patricia Kelly – Improving College and University Teaching, 1981
Writing demands the simultaneous control of several skills: focus and logic, as well as spelling and grammar. The central writing skill is to look at what has been said and see how it can be improved by drafting and redrafting. (MLW)
Descriptors: College English, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Grammar
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Chen, Shu-Hui Eileen – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
The pragmatic function of conveying given and new information is one of the most important universal communicative functions that language serves. This study investigates how Mandarin-speaking children and adults utilize surface cues of word order, marked grammatical structure, and emphatic stress to determine whether information is given or new…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication (Thought Transfer), Determiners (Languages), Elementary Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers