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Ambiguity in Language: Existential and Educational Aspects.

Rossi, Dominick Ferrantelli – 1975

This dissertation argues that the skill of using language to communicate should be based on the continuous development of the ability to use imagery, metaphor, and the inherently ambiguous nature of language. Since language is a symbolic restructuring of experience, any method designed to teach language arts must reflect the interplay between…

Descriptors: Child Language, Creative Expression, Creativity, Doctoral Dissertations

Language Use, Language Ability, and Language Development: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in "Dissertation Abstracts International," January through June 1982 (Vol. 42 Nos. 7 through 12).

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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 29 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) aspects of the organization of redundancy rules in the lexicon; (2) the adult role in early child language acquisition; (3) semantic categorization,…

Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Patterns, Child Language, Cognitive Style

Language Use, Language Ability, and Language Development: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in "Dissertation Abstracts International," July through December 1983 (Vol. 44 Nos. 1 through 6).

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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 27 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) instructional strategies in teaching synonyms, antonyms, classification, paraphrasing, and locating a main idea; (2) formal aspects of metaphor; (3) linguistic…

Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Language, Cohesion (Written Composition), Comprehension

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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) psycholinguistic abilities in American Sioux Indian children; (2) cohesion in verbals of scientific and technical English; (3) teacher-child discourse…

Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Language, Cohesion (Written Composition)