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Download full textSLOBIN, DAN I.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS FIELD MANUAL WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF A PROGRAM TO TRAIN INVESTIGATORS IN THE COLLECTION OF COMPARABLE CROSS-LINGUISTIC AND CROSS-CULTURAL DATA ON CHILDREN'S ACQUISITION OF LINGUISTIC CODES AND SOCIAL RULES FOR THE USE OF SUCH CODES. ALTHOUGH COMPARATIVE RESEARCH REQUIRES PROCEDURAL STANDARDIZATION, THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN THE…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bibliographies, Child Development, Child Language
Trevisi, Sandra – 1978
This study presents an analysis of the successive steps used by Italian-speaking secondary school students to acquire mastery of the relative pronoun in standard French. This structure was chosen for study because the acquisition of the French relative pronoun is a source of difficulty for Italian learners. An analysis was made of the students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language)
Ingram, David E. – 1978
This thesis clarifies the role of the applied linguist in the language and language teaching sciences with particular application to advanced language learning that takes place after five years of study. Students' deficiencies identified at matriculation together with the psychological and practical needs of the students and their society identify…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Influences
Desrochers, Alain M.; And Others – 1975
This bibliography includes 333 annotated references and 178 references without annotations. The articles represent a wide variety of work, including theoretical papers, statements of opinions and policy (both political and pedagogical), and empirical studies. The central theme was organized into six topics, which were then used as major categories…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Anxiety, Bilingual Education
de Weck, Genevieve, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique applique, 1997
Articles on communication and language disorder are presented. All but one are in French; the other is in German. They include: "Specificity of Developmental Dysphasia: Implications for Intervention" (Marc Montfort, Adoracion Juarez Sanchez); "Difficulties with Language Development and Discursive Capacity" (Genevieve de Weck); "Language Production…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Aphasia
Melby, Alan K., Ed. – 1997
Fifty-nine papers on language research and linguistic theory from the annual forum address these topics: correctness in language; aspects of neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics; historical linguistics and language evolution; linguistic philosophy; aspects of syntax; aspects of discourse analysis; lexicon and semantics; language contact and…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Alzheimers Disease, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Clahsen, Harald, Ed. – 1996
The collection of essays and studies concerning generative grammar and first and second language acquisition includes: "The Optional-Infinitive Stage in Child English: Evidence from Negation" (Tony Harris, Ken Wexler); "Towards a Structure-Building Model of Acquisition" (Andrew Radford); "The Underspecification of…
Descriptors: Basque, Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, English
Emmorey, Karen, Ed.; Reilly, Judy S., Ed. – 1995
A collection of papers addresses a variety of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign language, gesture, and gesture systems. Articles include: "Theoretical Issues Relating Language, Gesture, and Space: An Overview" (Karen Emmorey, Judy S. Reilly); "Real, Surrogate, and Token Space: Grammatical Consequences in ASL American…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Comparative Analysis
Kamada, Laurel D. – 1997
The group of case studies of family bilingualism examined the influences of maternal and paternal native language, schooling choices, travel and residence choices, and family background on development of bilingualism in the children. The families studied include eight Japanese-English bilingual families (one study including five generations) and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Chinese, Comparative Analysis
Noss, Richard B.; Gonzalez, Andrew, Ed.; Sibayan, Bonifacio P., Ed. – 1996
This monograph attempts to integrate experience and research findings in several related disciplines and bring them to bear on the problem of how to make language programs in schools simultaneously accommodate the needs of both the language curriculum and the general curriculum. It addresses four issues: (1) how specific languages, in all their…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Sajavaara, Kari, Ed. – 1983
A collection of 17 papers, most presented at the Fifth International Conference on Contrastive Projects in June 1982 in Finland, includes: "Present Trends in Contrastive Linguistics,""Contrastive Linguistics in Bulgaria,""Communicative Competence in Foreign Language Teaching: A Project Report,""From Traditional…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics
PDF pending restorationERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: the acquisition of bilingualism by infants and young children; psycholinguistic abilities of American Indian children; effects of creative dramatics on oral language abilities and self…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) psycholinguistic abilities in American Sioux Indian children; (2) cohesion in verbals of scientific and technical English; (3) teacher-child discourse…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Language, Cohesion (Written Composition)
Fox, Barbara A., Ed.; Jurafsky, Dan, Ed.; Michaelis, Laura A., Ed. – 1999
Selected papers include: "From Core to Periphery: A Study on the Directionality of Syntactic Change in Japanese" (Kaoru Horie); "On the Extension of Body-Part Nouns to Object-Part Nouns and Spatial Adpositions" (Yo Matsumoto); "Noun Classes: Language Change and Learning" (Maria Polinsky, Dan Jackson);…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Bikol, Caregiver Speech, Child Language
Yule, George – 1996
The textbook surveys what is known about language and of the methods used by linguists in arriving at that knowledge. Each chapter addresses an aspect of linguistics, reviewing current knowledge and providing study questions, discussion topics and projects, and a list of additional reading. Chapter topics include: the origins of language;…
Descriptors: Animals, Articulation (Speech), Artificial Speech, Contrastive Linguistics
