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PDF pending restorationRodriguez-Brown, Flora V. – 1976
Studied were some cognitive aspects of the language development of a 2-year-old Puerto Rican boy who had been on the U.S. mainland 1 month. A Neo-Piagetian approach (developed by K. Witz and J. Easley) was used to study: language behavior as being embedded in more complex, unified systems; productivity of different structures and language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Ethnic Groups, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedLinares-Orama, Nicholas; Sanders, Lois Joan – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1977
Compared with 30 normal and 30 language-deviant 3-year-old Spanish speaking Puerto Rican children were two measures of linguistic proficiency. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
Minami, Masahiko; Ovando, Carlos J. – 1995
The traditional discussion of language issues is extended to multicultural settings by looking at how language shapes and is shaped by diverse cultural experiences. This review of existing studies shows that the acquisition of culture-specific communicative competence and socialization patterns plays a significant role in language acquisition and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Competence, Context Effect
