We speak differently than we write. For comprehension development, children need exposure to syntax common to both.

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The thesis developed a formal model of grammar, consisting of: Phrase structure rules – These generate basic sentence structures or “kernel sentences” by recursively combining smaller units ...

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Around 520 children in Malta are growing up outside their biological families, in alternative care. For the Director of Alternative Care at the Foundation for Social Welfare Services Remenda ...

In contrast to older children ... and thus had basic compositional abilities. "Notably, this happened before the infants understood the meaning of the corresponding sentence 'I don't want the ...

Human rights groups warn that El Salvador's prisons are marked by overcrowding, lack of access to basic services and repeated ...

“What the government calls 'peace' is actually a mirage intended to hide a repressive system, a structure of control and oppression ... lack of access to basic services, and repeated violations of ...