The Relationship between Syntax Discrimination and Sentence Imitation in Children.

Bohannon, John Neil, III

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The Relationship between Syntax Discrimination and Sentence Imitation in Children

Bohannon, John Neil, III

Child Development, 46, 2, 444-451, Jun 75

This study examined the effects of sentence length and correct syntax on sentence imitation in 54 first-, second-, and fifth-grade elementary school children. The same children were asked to perform an additional discrimination task between normal and scrambled sentences. (Author/CS)

Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Imitation, Sentence Structure, Syntax

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