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Direct linkHughes, Mary E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation investigates how discourse-pragmatics informs children's choice of referential forms. Three studies utilizing naturalistic data examine the role that six discourse-pragmatic features play in the acquisition of referential forms in a non-null subject language, English. The influence of child-directed speech on development is also…
Descriptors: Evidence, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Caregivers
Dakin, Jee Wha – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In the context of adult learners with low English proficiency enrolled in an organization offering instruction in both language and civics content, the purpose of the study was to determine. (1) the nature of grammatical knowledge in the context in the learners' second language (L2) and the nature of civics content knowledge in the learners' first…
Descriptors: Measurement, Grammar, Pretests Posttests, Civics
