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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
Download full textLindblad, Torsten – 1969
The divisions in transformational grammar into surface and deep structure give rise to the hypothesis that imitative-repetitive drills will never go beyond the surface structure, and that an explicit verbalization of underlying structures will result in better achievement and proficiency in second language learning. The Project described here,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, English (Second Language), Intelligence Differences, Linguistic Theory
