Syntax of Preschool Fluent and Disfluent Speech: A Transformational Analysis.

Muma, John R.

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ERIC Number: EJ039578

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Publication Date: 1971

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Syntax of Preschool Fluent and Disfluent Speech: A Transformational Analysis

Muma, John R.

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 14, 2, 428-41, Jun 71

Syntactic analysis (kernel and matrix sentence frame types and transformational usage) of speech of fluent and disfluent preschool children revealed the fluent group using more double-base transformations and both groups comparable on the distribution of usage for sentence frame types. (Author/KW)

Descriptors: Language Ability, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Preschool Children, Sentence Structure, Speech Habits, Stuttering, Verbal Ability

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