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Reflexes of Mental Architecture in Second-Language Acquisition: The Interpretation of "Combien" Extractions in English-French Interlanguage.
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Dekydtspotter, Laurent; Sprouse, Rex A.; Swanson, Kimberly A. B. – Language Acquisition, 2001
Presents the results of an empirical study of the interpretation of left branch "combien" (how many) extractions in English-French interlanguage. Results show that knowledge of the interpretation of left-branch "combien" extraction is detectable in English-French interlanguage. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, English, French, Interlanguage
A Model for Analyzing the Development of Early Communication Skills, According to Levels of Cognitive Organization.
Seibert, Jeffrey M. – 1979
This paper presents a neo-Piagetian model for examining the development of early communication and language skills; discusses its origins in the current developmental literature, and provides a brief overview of a preliminary version of 12 scales developed for assessing communicative development based on the model. The model attempts to provide a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Developmental Stages, Infants
Precautions regarding Nonword Repetition Tasks
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Smith, Bruce – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
Using nonword repetition tasks as an experimental approach with both adults and children has become quite common in the past 10 to 15 years for studying lexical learning and phonological processing (e.g., Bailey & Hahn, 2001; Gathercole, Frankish, Pickering & Peaker, 1998; Munson, Edwards, & Beckman, 2005; Storkel, 2001; Vitevich & Luce, 2005). In…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Task Analysis, Repetition, Evaluation Methods