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Elias, Gordon; Broerse, Jack – Journal of Child Language, 1989
Argues that the measures of content and style of maternal talk used by the Murray and Trevarthen (1986) study of temporal patterning during vocal engagements did not directly indicate the ways in which the behaviors of the partners (mothers and infants) were combined on a moment-to-moment basis. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Patterns, Language Research, Mothers
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Dittmas, Norbert – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1988
An overview is given of semantic research in adult Second Language Acquisition (SLA), focusing particular attention on undirected SLA. Several studies on child SLA are mentioned, and suggestions for further research on SLA semantics are offered. (35 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Interlanguage