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Perception and Interpretation of Ambiguous Sentences by Learning Disabled Twelve-Year-Olds.

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Wiig, Elisabeth H.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981

The findings support previous observations of linguistic deficis among learning disabled children and adolescents and suggest that significant limitations may exist in the acquisition of linguistic competence by some children in this diagnostic group. (Author/SBH)

Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition

Syntactic Development in the Oral Language of Learning Disabled and Normal Students at the Intermediate and Secondary Level.

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Simms, Rochelle B.; Crump, W. Donald – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983

Syntactic development in the oral language of learning disabled and normal students at two intermediate and two secondary-school age levels was compared using two indices, the T-unit and the Syntactic Density Score. It was concluded that no single, sensitive, numerical index exists to quantify syntactic development. (SW)

Descriptors: Age Groups, Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Disability Identification