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Baker, Nancy D.; Greenfield, Patricia M. – Language Sciences, 1988
A longitudinal study of four 17- to 33-month-olds revealed that their linguistic selection at the one-word stage was governed by principles of informativeness, while the two-word stage was characterized by new, or a combination of new and old, information. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns

Kronenfeld, David B. – Language Sciences, 1979
Examines the innate faculties that underlie linguistic competence, especially syntactic competence, and proposes a theory of these faculties which accounts for the complexities of language and the evolution of human language. (AM)
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Ability

Peng, Fred C. C. – Language Sciences, 1988
A study evaluated how well autistic and non-autistic Japanese primary children (N=35) were able to describe the events in a five-frame cartoon. Results are discussed in terms of cognitive ability and linguistic skills. Discussion focuses on how to help autistic individuals improve their language once they have acquired its rudiments. (DJD)
Descriptors: Autism, Child Language, Children, Cognitive Ability