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Greene, Kai J.; Pena, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2013
This study examined single-word code-mixing produced by bilingual preschoolers in order to better understand lexical choice patterns in each language. Analysis included item-level code-mixed responses of 606 five-year-old children. Per parent report, children were separated by language dominance based on language exposure and use. Children were…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Impairments, Language Acquisition, Bilingualism
Broderick, John P. – USF Language Quarterly, 1975
Discusses the interaction of metaphor and idiom and the problems this poses for linguistic theory. (AM)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Figurative Language, Generative Grammar, Idioms
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Delesalle, Simone – Langue Francaise, 1975
Advocates a reworking of lexical pedagogy with reference to the instruction of techniques of expression. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Skills