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Orcasitas-Vicandi, María – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
The present research examines the effects of a number of factors on crosslinguistic influence (CLI) in bilin' third language (L3) writing. The main focus is on the levels of adapted and non-adapted loan words as illustrative of CLI. A quantitative analysis explores the impact of typology and proficiency in the target and the source-languages.…
Descriptors: Languages, Spanish, Bilingual Students, Writing (Composition)
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Dockrell, Julie E.; Connelly, Vincent – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
Children with specific language impairments (SLI) have difficulties in producing written text. It was hypothesised that the constraints on writing in children with SLI were similar to typically developing younger children with the same level of vocabulary knowledge. Twenty-three children with SLI (aged 10:5) were matched with 23 children for…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Role, Language Impairments, Phonology
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Spencer, Elizabeth; Craig, Hugh; Ferguson, Alison; Colyvas, Kim – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2012
This study investigated the stability of propositional density (PD) in written texts, as this aspect of language shows promise as an indicator and as a predictor of language decline with ageing. This descriptive longitudinal study analysed written texts obtained from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health in which participants were…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Intervals, Females, Written Language