Project was a part of a Teacher Corps assistance program carried out by the Center for Communication Research at the University of Texas, Austin. (VM)

Results of this study indicated that the frequency of an auditory stimulus is a dimension to which infants differentially respond in terms of response rate and acoustic characteristics of their vocalizations. (Authors)

Discusses linguistic theory, especially the distinction between participant'' and spectator'' language (the use of a language vs. the study of the language.) (SP)

Based on part of a doctoral dissertation submitted to the Sate University of New York at Buffalo. (VM)

Research supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health to Mr. Bower. (VM)

A stocktaking of current research, both in Australia and overseas; a description of problems and issues which require research; establishment of priorities; recommendations for a program of study and research.'' (Author)

Findings indicate that children who are learning language have available a sample of speech which is simpler, more redundant, and less confusing than normal adult speech. (Author)

Examines the present state of the relationship between linguistics and reading, proposes how reading instruction could be improved using currently know linguistic information, and discusses one type of linguistic finding useful to reading specialists. (Author)

Sample etymological study lessons for the intermediate grades. (SP)

Article supported in part by a grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (VM)

Preliminary version of this article presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1971. Research and preparation of the paper supported in part by an Intramural Grant from the Regents of the University of California to T. Kenney. (VM)