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Direct linkHalpin, Emily; Melzi, Gigliana – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of code-switching in the narratives of dual-language Latino preschoolers, specifically by examining its incidence, types, functions, and grammaticality. Previous work has investigated code-switching in younger children and in older children and adults, but relatively little work has investigated…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Language Usage, Personal Narratives
To, Carol Kit Sum; Stokes, Stephanie; Man, Yonnie; T'Sou, Benjamin – Language and Speech, 2013
This study investigated the noun definitions given by Cantonese speakers at different ages. Definitional responses on six concrete nouns from 1075 children aged 4;10 to 12;01 and 15 adults were analyzed with reference to the semantic content and the syntactic form. Results showed that conventional definitions produced by Cantonese adult speakers…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Nouns, Definitions, Age Differences
Brooks, Neon; Pogue, Amanda; Barner, David – Developmental Science, 2011
When asked to "find three forks", adult speakers of English use the noun "fork" to identify units for counting. However, when number words (e.g. "three") and quantifiers (e.g. "more", "every") are used with unfamiliar words ("Give me three blickets") noun-specific conceptual criteria are unavailable for picking out units. This poses a problem for…
Descriptors: Children, Language Acquisition, Numeracy, Number Concepts
Holding, Erica; Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
This study used an alternating-treatment design to compare the efficacy of discrete trial training (DTT) with fluency training (FT) for the acquisition, stimulus generalization, and retention of noun labels in children with autism. Four elementary-age students diagnosed with autism were taught to expressively label nouns using a DTT format and a…
Descriptors: Autism, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Intervention
Kambanaros, Maria; Grohmann, Kleanthes K.; Michaelides, Michalis; Theodorou, Elena – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2013
Against the background of the increasing number of multilingual children with atypical language development around the world, this study reports research results on grammatical word class processing involving children with specific language impairment (SLI). The study investigates lexical retrieval of verbs (through picture-naming actions) and…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Impairments, Language Acquisition, Multilingualism
