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Clark, Eve V.; Garnica, Olga K. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
A study is reported which examined the acquisition of deictic verbs by asking children to identify the speaker or the addressee of utterances containing "come,""go,""bring," and "take." Analysis showed that children go through several stages in the acquisition of deictic verbs. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, English, Language Acquisition
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
Moeser, Shannon D.; Bregman, Albert S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research done while the first author was on a Science Scholarship from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC); research also supported by an NRC grant to the second author; forms part of Shannon Moeser's doctoral thesis submitted to McGill University. (VM)
Descriptors: Experiments, Imagery, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Palermo, David S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation; reports results of experiments in general cognitive development of children tested for their comprehension of the words more'' and less'' (RS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Experiments
Jarvella, Robert J.; Sinnott, Joan – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Age Differences, English, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Kolers, Paul A.; Roediger, Henry L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Presents a "procedural view" of the learning mind, arguing against previous theories citing physical properties as its basis. A more process-oriented view of information processing is offered, which describes "mind" in terms of skill in manipulating symbols, and the notion of skills is shown to provide a useful framework for accounting for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Encoding (Psychology), Language Acquisition, Language Research
Keil, Frank C.; Batterman, Nancy – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
In a study using preschool and elementary school children, the children's judgments of whether brief stories described valid instances of a concept shifted in a manner consistent with the authors' hypothesis that meanings typically develop from representations in which characteristic features predominate to those in which defining features become…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Etymology, Language Acquisition
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
Richards, Meredith Martin – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
A production-based method of investigating children's understanding of deictic verbs is described. Use of "come/go" and "bring/take" by 4-7-year-olds is compared with Clark and Garnica's 1974 study. Data reveal different facts about verb acquisition processes and order. (CHK)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Ability, Language Acquisition, Language Usage
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
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Children at three age levels were administered Schutz and Keislar's word-span task using nouns, verbs and functors as stimuli. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Function Words, Language Acquisition
Howe, Herbert E., Jr.; Hillman, Donald – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a grant from the University of Nebraska Research Council. (RS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Schools, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory
Akiyama, M. Michael; Guillory, Andrea W. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1983
Young children found it difficult to verify negative statements, but found affirmative statements, affirmative questions, and negative questions equally easy to deal with. It is proposed that children acquire the answering system earlier than the verification system, and use answering to verify statements before acquiring the verification system.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Research
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