Speculative explanation for the misapplication of adjectives for adverbs in colloquial speech, e.g., He drives good'' for He drives well.'' (RS)

The present study was an attempt to investigate two motivational interpretations of earlier findings that private speech increases with task difficulty. (Authors)

Based in part on an Indiana University doctoral dissertation; segments presented to the Midwestern Psychological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1970. Research supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Traineeship, a Public Health Service Predoctoral Research Fellowship to the author, and a Public Health Service Research Grant to Richard…

Revised version of a paper presented at the 1971 summer meeting of the Linguistic Society of America at Buffalo, New York. Research supported in part by a National Science Foundation grant made to the Phonology Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. (VM)

In English-Spanish bilingual children, the period from 5 to 6 years may be the transitional stage when the regulatory function is transferred from the nonspecific impulsive aspects to the specific elective significative aspects of language. (Editor)

Originally a talk delivered to the Catholic Library Association (New Orleans, 1969). A Newbery Award-winning author describes her efforts to use the language of children's culture and to expand the perimeters of their language through her writing. (Editor/JS)

Study of the utterances of twins, two-and-a-half years old. (VM)

Author explains the child's egocentrism" (physical, intellectual, linguistic, and social) and suggests that adults adopt a policy of intelligent neglect." (Author/SP)