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Sheldon, Amy – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Research is reported in which children were tested for their comprehension of four types of sentences with relative clauses. The Parallel Function Hypothesis is proposed, and implications for adult grammar are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Braine, Martin D. S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Two claims about early stages of language development--that of a limitation on length of utterance and that of reduction rules which delete major constituents from simple sentences--are questioned. Supporting arguments are reviewed, and alternative explanations offered. (RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Grammar
Howe, Herbert E., Jr.; Hillman, Donald – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a grant from the University of Nebraska Research Council. (RS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Schools, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory
