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A Discussion of Restricted and Elaborated Codes
Coulthard, Malcolm – Educ Rev, 1969
The differences in language patterns resulting from disparate social backgrounds are discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Child Language, Individual Differences, Language Ability, Language Patterns
First Sentences in Language and Symbolic Play.
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Shore, Cecilia; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Combinatorial abilities in language and elicited symbolic play were compared in a longitudinal study of 30 children at 20 and 28 months. In addition, multivariate analyses were used to assess the stability of individual differences. Generally, different symbolic play variables contributed unique explained variance to different language variables.…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences
Vocal Motor Schemes.
McCune, Lorraine; Vihman, Marilyn May – 1987
A study examined the consistency of consonant use in the infant's transition period from babbling to early words. Phonetic data were collected from the speech of 10 infants aged 9 to 15 months. Analysis of consonant distribution patterns indicate striking segmental preferences in all 10 children, with some segments more prominent for the sample as…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Consonants, Individual Differences
Unraveling the Dyad: Using Recurrence Analysis to Explore Patterns of Syntactic Coordination between Children and Caregivers in Conversation
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Dale, Rick; Spivey, Michael J. – Language Learning, 2006
Recurrence analysis is introduced as a means to investigate syntactic coordination between child and caregiver. Three CHILDES ( MacWhinney, 2000) corpora are analyzed and demonstrate coordination between children and their caregivers in terms of word-class n-gram sequences. Results further indicate that trade-offs in leading or following this…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition, Individual Differences, Children
Lexical Influences on Children's Early Positional Patterns.
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Brown, Barbara L; Leonard, Laurence B. – Journal of Child Language, 1986
Describes a study done to determine whether the degree of children's familiarity with component words was related to (1) their ability to produce productive patterns as opposed to associative and grouping patterns, and (2) their ability to use broader scope rather than lexically based patterns. (SED)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
A Longitudinal Study of Representational Play in Relation to Spontaneous Imitation and Development of Multi-Word Utterances. Final Report.
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Nicolich, Lorraine McCune – 1975
This study examined (1) the level of symbolic capability as revealed in play, (2) the use of spontaneous vocal imitation, and (3) the nature of certain classes of words occurring in spontaneous infant language. Facets of child behavior were examined during the period of single-word utterances and early multiword combinations with a view to…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Imitation
Scaffolding Children's Informal Expository Discourse Skills.
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Burns-Hoffman, Rebecca – 1993
The term "scaffolding" refers to adult behaviors that support and guide children's participation in activities, including speech events, enabling the children to extend the range of what they are able to do without assistance. A study examined how scaffolding behavior in support of expository discourse differed among preschool teachers in…
Descriptors: Child Language, Connected Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Feedback