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Cronnell, Bruce – 1978
The orthographic compounds (two or more words written as one word) in M. Rhode and B. Cronnell's lexicon of words used by elementary school children are categorized in this paper, primarily in terms of related semantic/syntactic structures. Following a discussion of orthographic compounds, the paper mentions procedures used by Rhode and Cronnell…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classification, Elementary Education, Language Usage
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Tomiyama, Machiko – Applied Linguistics, 2000
Examines the second stage of natural second language attrition in the first language environment observed in a Japanese male returnee child. The subject spent 7 years in the United States, was 8-years-old when he returned, and was highly proficient in English. The second stage is characterized by a period of change in syntax and morphology,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries