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The purpose of this research is to explore characteristics of semantic, morphological, and syntactic aspects of school-aged children imbedded in their descriptive writing on their mothers. For that, we have collected descriptive writing data for 70 typically developing children(second, fourth, and sixth grades). Then, we analyzed three linguistic categories and their elements: semantics(NTW, idiomatic expression, synonyms, antonyms, general words, thinking words, and emotive words), morphology(conjunctive endings, conversion endings, and special semantic function of auxiliary particles), and syntax(MLT-w, co-occurrences, ellipsis, and embedded clauses). In addition, we compared these elements between two gender groups(boys and girls). As results, as grade levels increased, NTW significantly increased, but the number of T-units didn’t. As grade levels increased, the frequency of three linguistic categories significantly increased. However, the aspects of each category and its elements were various. NDW and idiomatic expressions significantly increased from second to fourth grade, but verbal general words and adverbial clauses significantly increased from fourth to sixth grade. There were variables gradually increased from second to sixth grade(emotive words, conjunctive endings, MLT-w, adnominal clauses). For gender comparison, we found some elements which showed significant differences in fourth grade(hyperbole and object ellipsis) and sixth grade(emotive words). These findings provide information of developmental transition and timing of descriptive writing for school-aged children. (Woosong University)