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Scope-Marking Strategies in the Acquisition of Long Distance "Wh"-Questions in French and Dutch
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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
Young Children's Imitation and Comprehension of Sentential Singularity and Plurality
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Keeney, Terrence J.; Smith, Nancy D. – Language and Speech, 1971
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
The Incidence of Filled Pauses in Relation to Part of Speech
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Cook, Mark – Language and Speech, 1971
Examines the occurrence of filled pauses (FP) in the spontaneous speech of 11 speakers, finding that FP's occur (1) less often than expected before nouns, verbs, and adverbs, (2) more often than expected before pronouns, and (3) about as often as expected before adjectives. Tables and references. (VJ)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Determiners (Languages), Form Classes (Languages), Language Research
Syntactic Persistence in Dutch.
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Hartsuiker, Robert J.; Kolk, Herman H. J. – Language and Speech, 1998
Three experiments are reported that showed effects of "structure priming," the tendency to repeat syntactic structure across successive sentences. These effects were demonstrated in Dutch, a previously untested language. All experiments studied spoken sentence production. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: College Students, Dutch, Foreign Countries, Higher Education