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Megan A. Bergeron – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation investigated the caregiving relationships between infants and nonparental caregivers in early childcare settings through the lens of attachment and language behaviors. This study sought to provide an opportunity to extend our understanding of the socioemotional factors that influence children's development in their daily lives.…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Infants, Caregiver Child Relationship
Alpern, Carol S.; Zager, Dianne – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
This article provides a review of the literature regarding changing communication profiles of individuals with autism as they reach adolescence and young adulthood. The impact of these language patterns on social and vocational functioning is addressed. Guidelines for assessment, goal development, and intervention are presented through a…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Autism, Goal Orientation, Young Adults
Sudhalter, Vicki; Belser, Richard C. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2001
The production of tangential language during conversations was studied with people with fragile X syndrome (n=10), autism (n=10), and mental retardation not caused by fragile X (n=10). Tangential language was found to be more prevalent among those with fragile X compared to the control groups, especially within unsolicited comments. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Autism, Children

Cooper, Robin Panneton; Aslin, Richard N. – Child Development, 1994
Examined infants' tendency, from a few days to nine months of age, to prefer infant-directed over adult-directed speech. Results suggest that exaggerated pitch contours that characterize infant-directed speech may become salient communicative signals for infants through language-rich, interactive experiences with caretakers and increased…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Caregiver Speech, Child Development, Cognitive Processes
Smith, Marion; Lloyd, Barbara – 1988
The recognition of linguistic stereotypes based on gender and actual speech production were examined in 10 four-year-old and 10 six-year-old children. Eight linguistic forms were presented to the children in two different contexts in a story. After each sentence containing one of the forms, the children were asked whether a boy or girl had spoken,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Heine, David A. – 1989
A theory of learning based on recent insights from sociology and semiotics is explicated. Building on the work of Vygotsky, Dewey, Halliday, Barnes, Deely, Eisner, and others, this sociosemiotic model of learning is used as a frame of reference for thinking about the process by which texts are created from sensation. It is argued that the process…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Sociology, Epistemology, Interpersonal Relationship

Pellegrini, Anthony D.; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1987
Indicates that (1) children's violations decreased with age; (2) in the dyadic context, fathers assumed a more directive role in response to children's violations than did mothers; (3) there were no between-parent differences between parents regarding reactions to children's violations in the triadic context. (NKA)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis
Seely, John – 1976
Noting that English and drama have a major common concern which is central to the educational process--namely, language--this book shows English teachers how to implement improvisational drama in their classrooms. Two chapters present theoretical background on the way in which individuals alter their language patterns in response to different…
Descriptors: Characterization, Creative Dramatics, Drama, English Instruction
Blaubergs, Maija S. – 1975
In this paper, the structure and the use of language are postulated as socializing agents influencing sex-role learning in three major ways: (1) sex differences occur in language use and parallel sex-role stereotypes; (2) the language that is addressed to children is usually the language of socialization which instructs the child what to do,…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Role Perception

Raines, Shirley C. – Childhood Education, 1990
Presents an account of observations, descriptions, and interpretations of children's representations. Offers examples of ways teachers and parents can help children expand their language, actions, and images to symbolize their experiences. (BB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Freehand Drawing, Language Patterns

Malgady, Robert G.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
Twenty-seven teachers rated 196 retarded workers with respect to the frequency of maladaptive behavior and the 28 items of a language behavior rating scale with respect to the probability that a given behavior would result in termination of employment. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales
Tierney, William G. – 1997
This book, written in a narrative style that combines autobiography, case studies, and fiction, presents a picture of academic life as experienced by gay men and lesbian women. The way in which research has defined gay identity is the way lesbian and gay people are identified in the daily life of the university, and it looks to the university…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Discrimination, Higher Education, Homophobia