Examination of pretest and posttest data as well as session data revealed a substantial increase in the number of multiword productions for most of the children in the experimental group (using vertical structures) but not for controls. (Author/CL)

The paper presents a case study of a language-impaired child who invented a unique morphologic rule for signaling the distinction between English singular and plural nouns. This example is offered as further support of a model of language acquisition that emphasizes the cognitive aspects underlying linguistic regularities in child language.…

Mothers told stories to their children, inserting questions under two conditions. In one situation, mothers were alone with their younger child; in the other, an older sibling was also present. It was concluded that the presence of older siblings may influence the language young children hear and produce. (Author/CL)

A review of research on how cognition relates to language in children with language impairments discusses terminology and analyzes the basic mapping problem. Evidence for a variety of hypotheses related to the issue are examined. (CL)

Children's early attempts at syntax, previously described in terms of pivot grammar, are discussed in the light of the author's research on the semantic intentions of early two-word sentences. Underlying conceptual relations were identified when such utterances were examined along with context and behavior. (Author/KW)

Results of the study involving 13 language-impaired children (two to three years old) indicated that unsolicited imitations play comparable facilitative roles in the lexical acquisition of normal and language-impaired children. (Author/CL)

The article reviews characteristics of autistic communication and offers a framework for understanding language and communication in autism. Noted are gestalt versus analytic modes of cognitive processing, language acquisition, and language use. (Author/CL)

The study examined the possibility that children who omit word-final stops as a clinical entity may preserve the voicing contrast of those omitted stops by differential durations of the preceding vowel. (Author)

The study organized a large data archive gathered over eight years on 718 children with language disorders. Generally, primary research factors (53 variables representing IQ, language, history, socioeconomic status, physical/neurological, and social/emotional background) failed to account very well for language performance at program entry or…

The frequency of reduplication was examined in relation to syllable maintenance, final consonant production, and whole word repetitions in two preschool children with specific language impairments. Data suggested that reduplication may be a prognostic indicator of developmental rate, future difficulty with final consonants, and early childhood…

A longitudinal study of sign language acquisition was conducted with 13 very young children (median age 10 months or outset of study) of deaf parents. A majority of signs in Ss' early vocabularies were not iconic, suggesting that the role of iconicity may have been overrated. (Author/CL)

A descriptive model is proposed for the study of the communication interactions between a child and the language users around him, based upon a means to record and analyze the adult demands placed upon the child. (Author)

Various criteria are presented for selecting the first words to be taught to a child with a language disorder. (Author)

The study evaluated the metalinguistic awareness of words, syllables, and sounds of 15 language-disordered children (age three to six). Ss performed significantly poorer than controls (normally developing children) in dividing sentences and words. The language-disordered children also did not show the same level of responses to the word-awareness…

The study examined verbal and nonverbal communication patterns that occur in parent to child and child to parent interactions with 10 normally developing children and seven children with language disorders (27 to 45 months old). (Author)