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Peer reviewedFord, Marilyn; Holmes, Virginia M. – Cognition, 1978
An experiment was conducted to determine whether the deep structure or the surface structure clause is more important as a speech planning unit, and whether syntactic decisions are made during sentence production. Results were discussed in relation to previous studies of pausing and speech disruption. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Foreign Countries, Language Rhythm
Peer reviewedLauren, Ulla – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
Comparison of free written compositions of 86 bilingual (Finnish-Swedish) and 86 monolingual (Swedish) third-, sixth-, and ninth-graders in a Finland Swedish comprehensive school revealed that bilinguals produced significantly more syntactic, vocabulary, and phraseology errors. Background variables correlating with errors included the student's…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Correlation
