Jisa's research has focused on language development cross-linguistically, both in young children and later in life. The development of literacy has also been a major focus in her research.[1] Highly cited works of hers include a paper on the acquisition of
academic French,[5] a major co-authored paper on the cross-linguistic development of
passive voice constructions in written text,[6] an article on the development of
relative clauses in narrative texts by French children,[7] and a paper on
language mixing in French-English
bilingual infants.[8]
Selected publications
Jisa, Harriet, and Sophie Kern. 1998. Relative clauses in French children's narrative texts. Journal of Child Language 25 (3), 623–652.
doi:
10.1017/S0305000998003523
Jisa, Harriet. 2000. Language mixing in the weak language: Evidence from two children. Journal of Pragmatics 32 (9), 1363–1386.
doi:
10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00104-6
Jisa, Harriet, Judy Reilly, Ludo Verhoeven, Elisheva Baruch, and Elisa Rosado. 2002. Passive voice constructions in written texts: A cross-linguistic developmental study. Written Language & Literacy 5 (2), 163–181.
doi:
10.1075/wll.5.2.03jis
Jisa, Harriet. 2004. Growing into academic French. In Ruth A. Berman (ed.), Language development across childhood and adolescence, 135–161. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
ISBN9789027295002
^"Harriet JISA". Institut Universitaire de France (in French). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^Jisa, Harriet (2004). "Growing into academic French". In
Berman, Ruth A. (ed.). Language development across childhood and adolescence. John Benjamins. pp. 135–161.
ISBN9789027295002.
^Jisa, Harriet; Reilly, Judy; Verhoeven, Ludo; Baruch, Elisheva; Rosado, Elisa (2002). "Passive voice constructions in written texts: A cross-linguistic developmental study". Written Language & Literacy. 5 (2): 163–181.
doi:
10.1075/wll.5.2.03jis.
^Jisa, Harriet (2000). "Language mixing in the weak language: Evidence from two children". Journal of Pragmatics. 32 (9): 1363–1386.
doi:
10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00104-6.