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Naumova, T. N. – Linguistics, 1976
This article discusses sentence structure and sentence production as an integral process that reflects the given situation as perceived by the speaker, and not merely as a grammatical combination of words. The role of predicativity in sentence production is outlined. (CLK)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Patterns, Linguistic Performance, Linguistic Theory

Kremin, H.; Goldblum, M. C. – Linguistics, 1975
Patients with cortical lesions, both with or without aphasia, were asked to reconstruct sentences. It was found that syntactic comprehension deficits exist only in aphasics. Two groups are distinguishable, those with deficits due to problems of repetition and those with deficits due to problems of object recognition. (Text is in French.) (TL)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Language Handicaps, Language Research, Linguistic Performance

Gamlin, Peter J. – Language and Speech, 1971
Examines the effects of short term memory (STM) capacity, meaningfulness of stimuli, and age upon listeners' structuring of sentences. Results show that the interaction between STM capacity and meaningfulness (1) approached significance when data were collapsed over both age levels, and (2) was significant for one age level. Tables and references.…
Descriptors: Age, Ambiguity, Deep Structure, Linguistic Competence
Gonzalez, Gustavo – 1973
To determine the normal sequence of the development of Spanish phonology and Spanish grammatical patterns in the speech of native Spanish speakers, ages 2-5, a study of the acquisition of interrogative formation was undertaken. Two male and two females from each of nine age intervals between two and five were selected as informants; all were…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Performance, Native Speakers

Homzie, M. J.; Gravitt, Carol B. – Journal of Child Language, 1977
In retelling 20 stories, 23 nursery-school children often refused to produce sentences in which causation was stated directly, but readily retold causation-implied utterances. Other results are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Language Acquisition

Richards, Meredith Martin – Journal of Child Language, 1979
Ninety children between the ages of three and six described objects which differed on three simultaneous dimensions, using adjective combinations appropriate to the dimensions. Each child performed an imitation, comprehension, and production task. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research

Kess, Joseph F. – Journal of Child Language, 1979
This article discusses a study by Segalowitz and Galang that reports results showing better mastery of patient-focus sentences than agent-focus sentences for Tagalog children. (CFM)
Descriptors: Child Language, English, Language Acquisition, Language Processing

Schuckers, Gordon H.; Lefkov, Carol S. – Journal of Phonetics, 1979
Twenty-four normal, misarticulation-free second-grade children participated in tasks designed to test their ability to perceive misarticulations in contextual speech. Results indicate that children are able to successfully identify sentences in which misarticulated words occur in addition to specific misarticulated words within sentences. (SW)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Elementary School Students, Error Analysis (Language)
Bookbinder-Brown, Susan J.; Dimmick, Kenneth D. – 1974
Previous studies dealing with the age at which children acquire constituent order preferences have been in conflict. This study was designed to determine if children with normal language development demonstrate constituent order preferences as early as age three and one-half, or a mean age of four years, one month. To test this competency, an…
Descriptors: Child Language, English, Imitation, Language Ability

Aaronson, Doris; Ferres, Steven – Journal of Memory and Language, 1986
Compares the processing of English words by Chinese-English bilinguals with that of monolingual English speakers. Subjects read and rated English words for their contribution to sentence structure and meaning. It was found that bilinguals generally rated English words as contributing more to sentence structure and meaning than did monolinguals.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Chinese Americans, College Students, Contrastive Linguistics
Roeper, Thomas; Mattei, Edward – 1974
Comprehension of the quantifiers "some" and "all" was studied with 202 children, three to nine years old. Thirty-two quantifier sentences dealing with descriptions of circles and squares were presented to the children. Wooden objects were presented to some children to see if results were affected by the choice of abstract objects, but no…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Comprehension, Deep Structure
Chapman, Robin S.; Kohn, Lawrence L. – 1977
A study was conducted to determine whether children give evidence of using any of six comprehension strategies and whether children of same and different ages use different strategies. It was studied how comprehension performance can best be predicted by other facts about the child, including his language and his language input. The six…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension
Hakuta, Kenji – 1977
Comprehension of reversible active and passive sentences was studied with 48 Japanese children between the ages of two and six. Four types of sentences were constructed using passive and active structures and two word orders: subject-object-verb (SOV) and object-subject-verb (OSV). The basic order of elements in a simple sentence in Japanese is…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Grammar

Harada, Kazuko I. – 1976
By age two, a child begins to form complex sentences by joining two or more sentences or by embedding one sentence into another. Formation of conjoined structures is a simpler process and emerges earlier than that of embedding structures. This paper attempts to answer the following questions: (1) Do children produce or understand embedding…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Imitation, Intellectual Development
Halamandaris, Pandelis G. – 1968
On the basis of the grammatical theory developed by Noam Chomsky, it is reasonable to presume that the different parts of a sentence may not all be understood with equal facility and speed. One purpose of this study was to determine whether some of the grammatical relations within a sentence were understood more readily than others. Sentences of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Deep Structure, Difficulty Level
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