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Jakubowicz, Celia; Strik, Nelleke – Language and Speech, 2008
This paper reports the results of an elicited production task of Long Distance (LD) "wh"-questions conducted with typically developing French- and Dutch-speaking children aged four and six, and adult control groups for each language. It is shown that besides input-convergent "wh"-questions, in both languages children use nontarget strategies to…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Form Classes (Languages), French, Indo European Languages
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Ivimey, G. P.; Lachterman, D. H. – Language and Speech, 1980
Analyzes the written syntax of a group of profoundly deaf English children aged 10 to 11 years, utilizing a controlled elicitation sampling method used earlier with a single child. Demonstrates and describes the structured nature of deaf children's syntax, which shows similarities with 2 to 2 1/2-year-old hearing children's syntax. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Children, Communication Skills, Deafness, Phrase Structure
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Hamayan, Else; And Others – Language and Speech, 1977
Finds developmental differences in the abilities of eight-year-old, eleven-year-old, and adult second language learners to repeat certain grammatical sentence structures. (RL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Developmental Stages