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Gaer, Eleanor P. – J Verb Learning Verb Beh, 1969
Results of tests comparing the ability of children and adults to understand and produce sentences according to type (active, question, passive, negative) and complexity (simple, center-embedding, double-embedding). (Author/FWB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Child Language, Deep Structure
PDF pending restorationCooley, Ralph E. – 1971
This study was based on a modification and extension of Greene's (1969) test wherein children choose structurally-transformed sentences which are synonymous with key sentences, thereby indicating recognition of the transformational relationships involved and internalization of those transformations. A similar test was devised to investigate the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Dialects, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
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Download full textO'Donnell, Roy C.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1967
The techniques of transformational grammar can be used effectively to identify and describe significant differences in the language competencies of children at several grade levels. The oral language responses of 150 elementary school children and 30 kindergartners (selected at random) to two silent, animated films of Aesop's "Fables" were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students
