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Peer reviewedHieke, Adolf E. – Language and Speech, 1981
Shows that hesitation phenomena are intricately connected with propspective and retrospective speech production tasks and mark critical points in processing. Two major hesitation categories exist: stalls and repairs. Stalls head off errors and represent error-free output; repairs take care of errors already committed. English and German examples…
Descriptors: English, Error Analysis (Language), German, Language Processing
Peer reviewedLevorato, M. Chiara; Cacciari, Cristina – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1995
Investigated the developmental processes that lead from a literal interpretation of idiomatic expressions to the ability to comprehend and produce them figuratively. Results showed that younger children are more literally oriented than older children, who in turn are more idiomatically oriented, and that children of both age groups found it more…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students
