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Peer reviewedJohnston, Rhona – Language and Speech, 1977
Suggests that differences in verbal intelligence affect the speech of four-year-olds, necessitating that care be taken not to confuse verbal intelligence with social class when studying the speech of young children. (RL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Individual Differences, Intelligence, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedHawkins, P. R. – Language and Speech, 1971
Examines grammatically the hesitation pauses in the spontaneous narrative speech of 48 6 1/2-7 years olds. (MB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Grammar
Peer reviewedKramer, Cheris – Language and Speech, 1977
Establishes the existence of perceived male/female speech stereotypes. (RL)
Descriptors: College Students, High School Students, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedBeattie, Geoffrey W.; Butterworth, B. L. – Language and Speech, 1979
Demonstrates that the contextual probability of lexical items in a continuous sample of spontaneous speech, as measured by the predictability of words in context, is related to word frequency. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Adults, Cloze Procedure, Computational Linguistics, Context Clues
