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Danks, Joseph H.; Lewis, Charles – 1970
The comprehension of deviant sentences is dependent on several linguistic variables. Grammaticalness (G), meaningfulness (M), and familiarity (F) are three variables which are potentially such. In order to study the effect of violating these variables upon Ss' responses to deviant sentences, 85 deviant and 15 correct sentences were assigned to…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, English, Factor Analysis

Kloth, Saskia; Janssen, Peggy; Kraaimaat, Floris; Brutten, Gene J. – Journal of Child Language, 1998
A study of 71 mothers interacting with their 2- to 5-year-old children analyzed structural organization and communicative function of their speech and identified three maternal communicative styles: non-intervening; explaining; and directing. Internal consistency of the three styles appeared to be both satisfactory and related to relevant child…
Descriptors: Child Language, Factor Analysis, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication