A Developmental Study of Judgments of Grammatical Acceptability in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence.

Autor/inn/en	Gowie, Cheryl J.; Powers, James E.
Titel	A Developmental Study of Judgments of Grammatical Acceptability in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence.
Quelle	(1977), (16 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Child Language; Children; Grammar; Language Acquisition; Language Patterns; Language Usage; Linguistic Theory; Psycholinguistics; Receptive Language; Sentence Structure; Syntax; Transformational Generative Grammar + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Child; Kind; Kinder; Grammatik; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Sprachgebrauch; Linguistische Theorie; Psycholinguistik; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Generative Grammar; Generative Grammatik
Abstract	Developmental trends in the effects of expectations regarding agent/action matches on judgments of sentence acceptability were investigated. Five sentences reflected expected relations ("harmonious") and five contradicted them ("contrary"). Twelve subjects each were in grades 4 through 8 during year 1; the same 60 subjects participated during year 2. Significant main effects were: expectation, with more harmonious sentences accepted; year, with the mean number of sentences accepted higher in year 1; and group, with the two older groups accepting fewer items. The group by expectation interaction was also significant: means of the three younger groups on harmonious sentences were higher than all other means. Changes in metalinguistic processes in evaluating sentence acceptability are suggested. (Author/CLK)
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