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Lieven, Elena V. M.; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1992
Presents a simple scheme, based on formal categories, for coding stylistic variation in the early lexicon. When applied to the first 50 and 100 words of 12 children between 0;11 and 2;3, the major dimensions of difference are found to be the relative proportion of common nouns and the relative proportion of frozen phrases. (31 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Children, Coding, Evaluation Methods, Individual Differences
Jones, Noel K. – 1983
This study explores children's development of dual-level phonological processing posited by generative theory for adult language users. Evidence suggesting 6-year-olds' utilization of morphophonemic segments was obtained by asking children to imitate complex words, omit specified portions, and discuss the meaning of the resulting word-parts. The…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Individual Differences, Language Processing