This thesis has attempted to determine psycholinguistic differences between inner-city retarded children and suburban retarded children. The instruments used in this study are: The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities and The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. The subjects used in this study are forty eight-year-old educable mentally retarded children attending special classes in the Indianapolis Public Schools: twenty children from the inner-city and twenty children from suburban schools. Language differences between the two groups are demonstrated.In addition, there is a description of language differences of four subgroups: girls, boys, black children, white children.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/180262 |
| Date | January 1971 |
| Creators | Holtsclaw, Ada Anne |
| Contributors | Spencer, Elizabeth F. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | iv, 56 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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