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Peer reviewedPrinz, Philip M.; Ferrier, Linda J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1983
Children's pragmatic abilities were studied focusing on "requesting" in a group of 30 language impaired children (three to nine years old). There was a predominant usage of direct forms with only a slight increase of indirect ones in the older group. (Author/SEW)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Comprehension, Developmental Stages
Download full textHall, William S.; And Others – 1980
The word frequency lists presented in this publication were compiled to create a database for further research into vocabulary use, especially the variation in vocabulary due to differences in situation and social group membership. Taken from the natural conversations of 40 target children (four and a half to five years old) with their families,…
Descriptors: Child Language, Computational Linguistics, Language Research, Language Styles
