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Bourbeau, Laurent – 1976
The linguistic literature contains many studies of the structure of the noun phrase. Syntactic structures that occupy NP position but which don't have the internal characteristics of a substantive (infinitives and THAT clauses, for example) are distinguished from lexical structures that occupy NP position and do have the internal characteristics…
Descriptors: French, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
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Shaw, Lea Kessler – 1991
This study investigated whether mothers' responses to their infants' gestures play a role in their infants' vocabulary development. Eight infants were observed interacting at home with their mothers on 2 occasions, when the infants were 10 to 12 months old, and 16 to 18 months old. Videotapes of the observations were transcribed and coded for…
Descriptors: Child Language, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Research