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Granado, Elvalicia – Online Submission, 2007
The study investigated the ability of 10-month-old infants, from monolingual English speaking environments, to categorize comforting and approving infant-directed speech (IDS) utterances across languages. Infants participated in an infant-controlled habituation procedure, in which they heard up to 12 different exemplars, in 12 different languages,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Infants, Monolingualism, Habituation
Sampson, Cathie – 1991
The purpose of this study was to determine how parents and family relationships are characterized in realistic young adult fiction. A random sample of 20 realistic young adult novels was selected from the American Library Association's Best Lists for the years 1987-1991. A content analysis of the novels focused on the following: (1) whether…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Conflict, Content Analysis, Family Characteristics
Klemens, Lynne – 1993
A study determined if handicapped adolescents have an interest in reading novels about handicapped teenagers. Many in this population tend to be reluctant readers. Generating interest in reading is important in helping to change that tendency. Reading novels concerning adolescents with handicaps or problems may also be considered a type of therapy…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Bibliotherapy, Disabilities