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Redard, Francoise – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1976
A study of the acquisition of interrogative forms in children of high socioeconomic status reveals that utterances belong more to the colloquial than to the standard range. It is concluded that disadvantaged children would show similar usage, leading to the suggestion that teachers teach language as they use it. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/CLK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, French, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedPine, Julian M.; Lieven, Elena V. M. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
A study tested models concerning syntactic categories in early multiword speech by investigating overlap in contexts in which children (n=11) used determiner types. Results indicate children have little knowledge of relationships between different determiner types, suggesting development of an adultlike syntactic determiner category may be…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Determiners (Languages), Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedKelly, Donna J. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
Preschoolers with specific language impairment (SLIs) and two groups of linguistically normally developing children described motion and change-of-state scenes while viewing a video, and patterns of verb use were analyzed. Although SLIs relied heavily on general all-purpose verbs, normally developing children used them more. SLIs made more verb…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Communication Disorders, Comparative Analysis
Download full textKunkle, John Franklin – 1972
This dissertation examines the principles of two current theories of first language acquisition and from them synthesizes a second language methodology. As a background to the problem of second language methodology, it is stated that the basing of second language methodologies on first language learning is currently being questioned and that the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Educational Methods, Language Acquisition
Davis, O. L., Jr.; Seifert, Joan G. – Elementary English, 1967
A linguistic analysis of five children's books, randomly selected from the "Modern Masters Books for Children" series, described the features of language found in books for beginning readers and demonstrated the value of structural analysis in reading research. Four linguistic measures were applied to each book: 1) the average number of words in a…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Beginning Reading, Books, Child Language
PDF pending restorationValdman, Albert, Comp.; Walz, Joel, Comp. – 1975
This selected bibliography on language learners' systems and error analysis is divided into five section. Section 1 deals with the notion of approximative or intermediate systems and interlanguage, and with more classical studies on contrastive analysis. Section 2 focuses on the concept and definition of learner errors and includes items dealing…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bibliographies, Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics
Grosjean, Francois, Ed. – 1989
The journal of linguistics of the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland) contains information on the programs and faculty and articles in French (F) and English (E). They include: "From Behavioral Psychology to Sociolinguistics: Ten Years of Linguistics Applied to Language Teaching at Neuchatel" (F); "Intonation and Syntax:…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Classroom Techniques, Consonants
Dittmar, Norbert, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Papers included in this volume are: "The Muted Voice of Immigrant Workers;""The Situation of Foreign Workers in Sweden"; "Situation of Foreign Workers in the Federal Republic of Germany"; "Teaching German to Immigrant Children"; "Using Language Typology in Contrastive Studies"; "On Determining…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Classification
Dickerson, Wayne B., Ed. – Issues and Developments in English and Applied Linguistics, 1995
This volume presents seven papers on topics about second language instruction, language research, and applied linguistics. titles include: "Grammar and Its Teaching: Challenging the Myths" (Diane Larsen-Freeman); "Cross-Cultural Writing and Rhetorical Styles: Toward a 'Socially Realistic' Contrastive Rhetoric" (Yamuna Kachru); "Mother, I'd Rather…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Child Language, Children
