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| Autor/in | Gowie, Cheryl J. |
|---|---|
| Titel | Extra-Linguistic Control of Judgments of Grammatical Acceptability. |
| Quelle | (1977), (13 Seiten) |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Child Language; Elementary Secondary Education; Expectation; Grammar; Language Acquisition; Language Processing; Language Research; Linguistic Theory; Listening Comprehension; Native Speakers; Psycholinguistics; Reading Comprehension; Semantics; Sentence Structure; Syntax |
| Abstract | This study examined the effects of children's cognitively based role expectations on their judgments of the grammatical acceptability of sentences. Sixty children, 12 each in grades 4 through 8, individually heard 10 sentences violating the Minimum Distance Principle (MDP). The sentences were grammatical, but linguistically complex, and violated the children's expectations. Children were asked a comprehension question, asked whether the sentence was acceptable, and asked to identify any aspect of the sentences that was unacceptable. Children's responses yielded 4 categories of unacceptable elements: structure, agent, verb tense, and promise. Grade level was not a significant source of variance. Expectations affected judgments, thus lending support to interest among psycholinguists in extra-linguistic variables in sentence processing. Care should be taken to design materials controlling for the non-syntactic aspects of children's expectations so that such factors do not confound the measurement of syntactic acquisition. (AM) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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