Descriptor
| Difficulty Level | 2 |
| Linguistic Competence | 2 |
| Syntax | 2 |
| Children | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Comprehension | 1 |
| Context Effect | 1 |
| Deep Structure | 1 |
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
| Language Fluency | 1 |
| Language Processing | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkWeiss, Amy L. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2004
Pragmatics, the use of language in context, has been investigated only recently in the language used by children who stutter (CWS). Historically, researchers compared the length and complexity of the syntactic constructions produced by these children with those of children who do not stutter (CWNS) and generally found the CWS to be relatively…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Language Usage, Stuttering, Language Fluency
Download full textHalamandaris, 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
