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McDowell, John H. – Aztlan--International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 1982
Discusses verbal performances of East Austin (Texas) Chicano children; how their attitudes about language influence their choice of English-Spanish codes, the verbal code favored being Spanish-English code-switching; their ability to maintain code separation; and how their two major cultural heritages are fully exploited to create a resolutely…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Code Switching (Language), English
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Norbury, Courtenay Frazier – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
Happe (1993) proposed that theory of mind (ToM) understanding was necessary for comprehension of metaphorical expressions. The current study investigated the role of both ToM and language ability in metaphor understanding. Ninety-four children aged 8-15 years with communication impairments were grouped according to language ability and autistic…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Semantics, Language Impairments, Figurative Language
Erickson, Joan Good, Ed.; Omark, Donald R., Ed. – 1981
This collection provides information on the communicative assessment, bilingualism, concepts in testing, and assessing language in context. The text is comprised of the following chapters: (1) "Communication Assessment of the Bilingual Bicultural Child," by J. Erickson; (2) "Concepts in Bilingualism and Their Relationship to Language Assessment,"…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
MASSAD, CAROLYN EMRICK – 1968
THIS STUDY SOUGHT (1) TO CLARIFY THE TERM "LANGUAGE APTITUDE," (2) TO BETTER DEFINE ITS RELATIONSHIP TO INTELLIGENCE, AND (3) TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OF SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL IN THIS RELATIONSHIP. SUBJECTS WERE SIXTH-GRADE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, 93 OF WHOM WERE MIDDLE CLASS AND 39 LOWER CLASS. SOCIAL CLASS WAS DETERMINED BY THE OTIS DUDLEY…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Children, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Yu, Agnes; Bain, Bruce – 1980
This paper explores the different patterns of cognitive behavior of children from varying linguistic, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds. Several perspectives on cognitive consequences as related to language, class, and culture are presented. The sample consisted of grade one children, one hundred ten boys and one hundred girls between six…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Clegg, J.; Hollis, C.; Mawhood, L.; Rutter, M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Little is known on the adult outcome and longitudinal trajectory of childhood developmental language disorders (DLD) and on the prognostic predictors. Method: Seventeen men with a severe receptive DLD in childhood, reassessed in middle childhood and early adult life, were studied again in their mid-thirties with tests of intelligence…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Intelligence, Social Class, Siblings
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