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Admoni, W. G. – Deut Fremdsprache, 1970
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Form Classes (Languages), German, Language Usage
Helbig, Gerhard – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1970
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), Form Classes (Languages), Function Words, German
Wollmann, Alfred – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1970
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Function Words, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedKessel, Frank S. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1970
This monograph is based on a doctoral thesis submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in August 1969. (MG)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Blois, J. – Revue Des Langues Vivantes, 1970
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Diagrams, Form Classes (Languages), French
Wright, Patricia – Lang Speech, 1969
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Language Ability, Language Research
Cameron, Jack R. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Probes the effects which syntax and semantics can have on readers of news stories and points to several ways in which reading education can help students develop skill in critically interpreting what they read. (MD)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Styles, Mass Media
Chall, Jeanne – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Linguistics, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension
Davie, H. C. M. – Engl Lang Teaching, 1970
Summarizes the most basic rules for indirect speech in English but claims that they are useless if taught strictly as rules; also insists on the necessity for contextualization in drills on indirect speech. (FB)
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Pattern Drills (Language)
Peer reviewedLevi, Gabriel; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Reading levels attained by two groups of language-disordered children at the end of the first year of school were compared. Results confirmed the association between reading disability and language disorders, and yielded group differences: reading achievement was associated with semantic and syntactic competencies. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
Peer reviewedRoberts, Tim; Anderson, Ellen – Reading Improvement, 1983
Examines whether significant differences existed between the semantic, syntactic, and paragraph reading abilities of learning/reading disordered and normally achieving elementary school students. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Jay, Timothy B. – Educational Technology, 1983
Focuses on five human information processing abilities which cognitive psychologists anticipate must be accounted for in order to develop good computer courseware--memory and attention; language or text characteristics; graphics and visual processing; cognitive characteristics of user; feedback to users. A 31-item bibliography is included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Graphics
Peer reviewedZamel, Vivian – ELT Journal, 1983
Most composition texts categorize cohesive devices according to function, ignoring their semantic and syntactic restrictions, and giving the idea they can be used interchangeably. More effective strategies are suggested for presenting these links, including methods of teaching both intrasentence connections and the linking of larger units of…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedZobl, Helmut – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Discusses the influence a first language can have on the acquisition of a second language. Includes some tentative proposals on the interaction of prior first-language knowledge and the creative construction process. (EKN)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage
Peer reviewedRetherford, Kristine S.; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1981
Analyzes mother and child speech in free play conversation for different semantic and syntactic categories. Based on the study of changes taking place over time in children's use of semantic categories, argues against the hypothesis that the mother's speech is gradually adjusted to the child's performance. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Language Research
