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Developmental Perspectives on the Acquisition of the Passive
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Crawford, Jean Lenore – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation investigates the acquisition of the passive. The apparent cross-linguistic delay of the verbal passive compared to other constructions suggests children's knowledge is somehow restricted, leading some to propose the difficulty arises because of syntactic maturation (Wexler 2004, Orfitelli 2012) or because of a heavy reliance…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Language Acquisition, Verbal Development
Echolalic and Spontaneous Phrase Speech in Autistic Children.
Howlin, Patricia – Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1982
Investigates the syntactical level of spontaneous and echolalic utterances of 26 autistic boys at different stages of phrase speech development. Speech samples were collected over a 90-minute period in unstructured settings in participants' homes. Imitations were not deliberately elicited, and only unprompted, noncommunicative echoes were…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Communication Research, Developmental Disabilities
The Acquisition of Some Complex Syntactic Structures in L1 and L2 Learners (Easy to See, Promise, Ask/Tell).
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Trosborg, Anna – 1982
The existence of a developmental sequence for the acquisition of specific complex syntactic structures in English was investigated through an analysis of eight studies of Danish subjects. The studies involved Danish speaking subjects acquiring English as a second language at ages 7-10, 13, and 18. The evidence from these studies demonstrate a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Danish, English (Second Language)
On the Acquisition of "Some" and "All." Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, No. 9.
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Roeper, Thomas; Mattei, Edward – 1974
Comprehension of the quantifiers "some" and "all" was studied with 202 children, three to nine years old. Thirty-two quantifier sentences dealing with descriptions of circles and squares were presented to the children. Wooden objects were presented to some children to see if results were affected by the choice of abstract objects, but no…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Comprehension, Deep Structure
Negative Questions in Japanese-Speaking, English-Speaking, and Japanese-English Bilingual Children. Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, No. 12.
Akiyama, Michihiko – 1976
A study was conducted to compare the relative performance on yes-no questions of bilingual and monolingual children and to discuss the relationship of semantic development and linguistic development, both in the bilinguals and monolinguals. Eighteen English monolingual, eighteen Japanese monolingual, and eighteen Japanese-English bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Children, Comprehension
Syntax vs. Pragmatics. A Psychological Account of Coordinate Structures in Child Language. Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, No. 17.
Greenfield, Patricia; Dent, Cathy – 1979
This study considers the interaction of syntactic and pragmatic factors (social and cognitive) in children's production of coordinate structures involving conjunction reduction. Two aspects of pragmatic context were considered: (1) the pattern of uncertainty or redundancy in a complex action sequence, and (2) the perceptual grouping of objects…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Cognitive Development, Conjunctions