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Direct linkBehjat, Fatemeh; Sadighi, Firooz – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2012
One of the intricate properties of second language acquisition is that some types of grammatical feature appear to be acquired easily and in a native-like way, while others remain persistently difficult. There is much evidence related to the issue in the current empirical studies, and the issue raises an important explanatory problem for a theory…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Second Language Learning, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
Costango, Frances S. – Elementary English, 1972
The normal" six-year old has control of all aspects of his language when he begins attending school. The teacher must expand these skills. (MF)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Language Skills
Peer reviewedHouston, Susan H. – Language Sciences, 1970
In dealing with the differences between the school and non-school language of Black children, the author uses a contingency grammar," which considers all speakers of a language to have the identical linguistics competence but includes a level of systematic performance" to account for dialectal and other systematic differences. (FB)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Child Language, Language Styles, Linguistic Competence
Peer reviewedHart, Betty – Journal of Child Language, 1975
A study was conducted in which a series of stories was used to teach six four- to five-year-olds to identify objects as "nouns," attributes of objects as "adjectives," and actions as "verbs." All the children appeared to have well-formed semantic fields for the three form classes. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Form Classes (Languages), Language Acquisition, Linguistic Competence
Cowan, J.L. – 1968
The author endeavors to penetrate the "mists o f mentalistic myth" which enshroud the "very real, solid, and substantial results of generative or transformational linguistics." In attempting to clarify and clear up misunderstandings about theories of grammar as put forth by Chomsky (whose practice, the author feels, is "superior to his description…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance, Linguistic Theory
Rodd, Linda J.; Braine, Martin D. S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Revised version of an M.A. thesis submitted at the University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970, by Linda J. Rodd. (VM)
Descriptors: Children, Deep Structure, Experiments, Grammar
Travis, Charles S. – 1969
In this paper the author examines the "encoding-decoding" model of speaking and understanding English. He reviews in detail an objection to the model: that it was specifically designed with a view to incorporating linguistic theories, such as syntax, into it. As a result, what it more or or less accurately represents is the relation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance
Peer reviewedClark, Ruth; And Others – Journal of Linguistics, 1974
Adapted from "Work in Progress" n5, 1972, Department of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh. (DD)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Bachman, Lyle F. – Bulletin of the English Language Center, 1973
Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Seminar on English Language Teaching, Vientiane, Laos, February 7-9, 1973. (RL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Skills, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance
Peer reviewedHouston, Susan H. – Language Sciences, 1972
Descriptors: Comprehension, Dialects, Generative Grammar, Language Research
Peer reviewedDuchan, Judith; Lund, Nancy J. – Journal of Child Language, 1979
This study is an attempt to investigate the efficacy of using existing semantic relations categories for understanding how children comprehend the verb "with" + noun construction. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Peer reviewedHulstijn, Jan H.; Hulstijn, Wouter – Language Learning, 1984
Investigates the influence of time pressure and focus of attention on the correct use of two Dutch word order rules in the speech of 32 adult learners of the language. The relation between explicitness of rule knowledge, assessed in an interview, and rule application, elicited in the experiment, is also discussed. (EKN)
Descriptors: Dutch, Error Analysis (Language), Language Research, Linguistic Competence
Peer reviewedHupet, Michel – Linguistics, 1973
Research supported by the Fonds National belge de la Recherche Scientifique. (DD)
Descriptors: French, Kernel Sentences, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance
Gauger, Hans-Martin – Meta, 1973
Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Linguistics and Translation, October 4-7, 1972, Montreal, Canada. (DD)
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance, Phonemes
Neumann, Karl – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1972
Expanded version of a lecture delivered in May 1971 at the Padagogische Hochschule in Braunschweig, West Germany. (WB)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Communication (Thought Transfer), Generative Grammar, Linguistic Competence
