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The use of props in a syntactic awareness task.
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The study investigated the effects of using props to illustrate the meaning of sentences in a syntactic awareness task in which subjects were required to correct ungrammatical sentences, arguing that the use of props reduces the processing capacity required to complete the task.Abstract:
The study investigated the effects of using props to illustrate the meaning of sentences in a syntactic awareness task in which subjects were required to correct ungrammatical sentences. Forty preschool children (aged 4; 11 to 5; 11) were asked to correct 20 sentences, IO of which were illustrated using props, and IO of which were not. Children scored significantly higher in the props condition though the proportion of meaning-changing errors to total errors was not significantly lower in this condition. It is argued that the use of props, by providing contextual support, reduces the processing capacity required to complete the task. © 1995, Cambridge University Press. All right reserved.read more
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Evaluating the morphological competence of children with severe speech and physical impairments.
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TL;DR: This paper discusses the nature and development of Metalinguistic Abilities, and the relationships between Linguistic and Cognitive Development, and a study of Children's MetalingUistic Abilities found relationships among the Tasks were rocky.
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