A Developmental Study of Judgments of Grammatical Acceptability in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence [microform] / Cheryl J. Gowie and James E. Powers.

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 t...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Gowie, Cheryl J.
Other Authors:	Powers, James E.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977.
Subjects:	Adolescents. Child Language. Children. Grammar. Language Acquisition. Language Patterns. Language Usage. Linguistic Theory. Psycholinguistics. Receptive Language. Sentence Structure. Syntax. Transformational Generative Grammar.