This book asserts that language is a signaling system rather than a code, based in part on such research as the finding that 5-year-old English and Dutch children use pronouns correctly in their own utterances, but often fail to interpret these forms correctly when used by someone else.

Emphasizing the unique and sometimes competing demands of listener and speaker, the author examines resulting asymmetries between production and comprehension. The text offers examples of the interpretation of word order and pronouns by listeners, and word order freezing and referential choice by speakers. It is explored why the usual symmetry breaks down in children but also sometimes in adults.

Writing Skills Made Fun: Parts of Speech (Grades 2-3)

Proper Noun Pop-Up Book, Verb Charades, Adverb Wheel, and the Pronoun Sisters’ Tongue Twisters are just a few of the fun and easy reproducible games and manipulatives in this creative collection of activities that teach and reinforce grammar skills. Topics include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns. With proofreading checklists, review sheets and more! 

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Nouns, pronouns and adjectives Grades K-4

Students learn nouns, pronouns and adjectives in-depth through puzzles, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice and more. It is a great resource for improving grammar, vocabulary and writing skills.

Relative pronouns used to introduce adjective clauses -2013 -

We have already learned that an adjective clause is a group of words that works like an adjective. Adjectives are used to modify nouns. In the same way, adjective clauses are also used to modify nouns. In this lesson we will take a look at the five relative pronouns used to introduce adjectives clauses. Note [...]

The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us

We spend our lives communicating. In the last fifty years, we've zoomed through radically different forms of communication, from typewriters to tablet computers, text messages to tweets. We generate more and more words with each passing day. Hiding in that deluge of language are amazing insights into who we are, how we think, and what we feel.