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Chiat, Shula – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2001
Presents the case for a mapping theory of developmental language impairment, which branches into a theory that specific language impairment arises from impaired phonological processing and the consequent disruption of the mapping process through which the words and sentence structure of language are established. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments

MacWhinney, Brian – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1987
Describes the "Competition Model" (Bates and MacWhinney, 1982) dealing with second-language sentence processing by bilinguals and research that has further developed theories dealing with the model. (CB)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Bilingualism, Cognitive Mapping, Interlanguage
Sano, Keiko – MITA Working Papers in Psycholinguistics, 1993
This paper proposes a hypothesis for the interpretation of tense in English from the viewpoint of how the conception of time is reflected in linguistic temporal expressions. The hypothesis is then verified in light of acquisition data. The paper claims that following from the analysis of the conception of time in Section 2, three temporal…
Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Mapping