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Download full textWillis, Bruce – 1975
The study summarized in this paper deals with the grammatical analysis of the spontaneous speech of approximately 150 children who are classified as mentally disabled; educable (I.Q. range 50-80). The performance of these mentally disadvantaged children is compared with the performance of 200 normally developing children by using a clinical…
Descriptors: Child Language, Delayed Speech, Grammar, Language Acquisition
Duchan, Judith; Oliva, Joseph – 1975
This paper is a report of two studies of the relationship between intonation and syntax. An analysis of intonation was used to decide whether the pivot-like two-morpheme constructions of a one- and one-half-year-old girl were single lexical items or two separate lexical items. Further, the intonation contours connected with her linguistically…
Descriptors: Child Language, Delayed Speech, Intonation, Language Acquisition
Farwell, Carol – 1972
Fricatives and affricates in different word positions and initial fricative clusters were elicited from three linguistically deviant children (ages five years, two months to seven years) and one normal child (age two years, nine months) by means of pictures depicting familiar objects. Data from two of the older children and the normal child are…
Descriptors: Child Language, Consonants, Delayed Speech, Distinctive Features (Language)
Rogers-Warren, Ann; Warren, Steven F. – 1977
Rates of verbalizing by three children exhibiting moderate to severe language delays (delays of six months to two years) were increased through the systematic use of mands for verbalization, models for verbalization, and contingent positive consequences following utterances. Daily samples of each child's speech were collected during free play…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Contingency Management, Delayed Speech
Pierce, Sandra; Bartolucci, Giampiero – 1976
The syndrome of childhood autism is typified by major abnormalities in language development, yet there are few systematic descriptions of autistic children's linguistic systems. This paper represents the beginning of a comprehensive investigation of the language of verbal autistic children and concentrates on comparing the syntax used by ten…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Language, Delayed Speech, Grammar
Bruck, Margaret – 1978
This is the second report of a longitudinal project, initiated in 1970, in which children with and without language problems are identified in French immersion and English kindergartens and closely monitored to the end of grade 3. This study investigates the desirability of early French immersion program for English-speaking children with language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Language, Delayed Speech, Early Childhood Education
