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Catalan Children's Sensitivity to the Discourse Constraints Imposed by Different Kinds of Question
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Prat-Sala, Merce; Hahn, Ulrike – Language Learning, 2007
In an investigation of discourse sensitivity, Catalan-speaking children aged 4 to 8 years were asked two different questions in a picture description task. One was a wide-focus question ("What is happening?"); the other was a narrow-focus question ("What is happening to 'the patient'?"). Children of all age groups displayed sensitivity to the…
Descriptors: Word Order, Child Language, Questioning Techniques, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Speech Addressed to Children: Issues and Characteristics of Parental Input
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Landes, James E. – Language Learning, 1975
Recent research indicates that interaction patterns between parent and child change according to the increasing language skill of the child. These patterns are linguistically summarized here. All are correlated with the child's age, but many relationships are still unexplored. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Systematicity and Variation in the Non-Native Child's Acquisition of Conversational Skills.
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Keller-Cohen, Deborah – Language Learning, 1979
Reports on an eight month study examining the development of turn-allocation devices in children acquiring English as a second language. The role of prior language experience in second language learning is explored. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Finnish