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Akinnaso, F. Niyi – Language and Speech, 1982
Provides a synthesis of findings about lexical and syntactico-semantic differences between spoken and written language. Outlines and critically examines the major theoretical and methodological approaches used in comparative studies of spoken and written language and reexamines the question of how speech and writing relate to prototypical forms of…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Styles, Language Universals

Clark, Herbert H.; Begun, Jeffrey S. – Language and Speech, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comprehension, Experiments

Holzman, Mathilda S. – Language and Speech, 1971
Descriptors: Computers, Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
Alcock, K. J.; Ngorosho, D. – Language and Speech, 2004
Grammatical priming of picture naming was investigated in Kiswahili, which has a complex grammatical noun class system (a system like grammatical gender), with up to 15 noun classes that have obligatory agreements on adjectives, verbs, pronouns and other parts of speech. Participants heard a grammatically agreeing (concordant), nonagreeing…
Descriptors: African Languages, Semantics, Nouns, Grammar