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Schlesinger, I. M. – Journal of Linguistics, 1979
Phenomena are examined to support the conception that cognitive structures continue to reflect the numerous ways of apprehending the world that blend to some degree into each other. (AMH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation
Bray, Candice; And Others – 1983
An analysis of the use of attenuation (structural or semantic softening of the speech act) and sentence structure in elicited speech acts by normally developing, learning disabled, and developmentally delayed populations is presented. In the normally developing population (1) the development of attenuation strategies is different from structural…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Trevisi, Sandra – 1978
This study presents an analysis of the successive steps used by Italian-speaking secondary school students to acquire mastery of the relative pronoun in standard French. This structure was chosen for study because the acquisition of the French relative pronoun is a source of difficulty for Italian learners. An analysis was made of the students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language)