The speech of 11-year-old children in different socioeconomic groups, was analyzed across a range of communicative tasks. On most "traditional" measures, consistent group differences did not appear. Significant differences were found on measures directly derived from the "planning principles" said by Bernstein to underlie restricted and elaborated…

This case study of two Latvian children attempts to show how the parental terms for"mummy" and "daddy" in Latvian are acquired, paying particular attention to the changing relationship between the input and output forms during the acquisition process. (Author/RM)

This article deals with an important question in the area of developmental psycholinguistics. It studies the conditions for a presyntactcic utterance to become a "canonical sentence" or "canonical utterance" at the stage of the two-word combinations. Two main points are highlighted: (1) how a prelinguistic utterance between 9-12 months of age can…

Presents the results of a study of attention as a factor in children's natural and experimental acquisition of articulatory behavior. (TO)

Presents a review of various studies on the acquisition, nature, and function of language coding in children's learning. (TO)

Adapted from "Work in Progress" n5, 1972, Department of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh. (DD)

Examines the influence of the situational environment on language use in the classroom. (RL)

Questions the purpose of having students "write" in class as a standard practice at the conclusion of a unit of instruction. (RL)

This paper explores the linguistic aspects of the artistic and aesthetic development of children, teaching strategies for the teaching of art, and an analysis of a sixth grade lesson in aesthetics. (Author/RK)

Revised version of a paper presented to the Canadian Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 1972; research partially supported by the Canada Council. (DD)

Research supported by a grant from the University of Nebraska Research Council. (RS)