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Peer reviewedHoldgrafer, Gary – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
The uniform principle assuming that comprehension precedes production in language acquisition was examined using Down's Syndrome children taught to comprehend singular/plural nouns and produce such forms for another noun. Three subjects reached criterion production first and one reached comprehension first, suggesting the modes can develop…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Downs Syndrome, Language Acquisition, Language Processing
Ratcliff, Roger; McKoon, Gail – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
An experiment is described that involved presenting sentences to the subject for study and then testing single words for recognition (the subject had to decide whether the test word was in one of the study sentences). A large priming effect was obtained. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Language Processing, Language Research
