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The Repetition of Relative Clauses in Mandarin Children with Developmental Language Disorder
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Wang, Haiyan; Yu, Haopeng – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2023
This paper attempts to investigate the repetition of Relative Clauses (RCs) in Mandarin children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) (aged 4; 5 to 6; 0) and their typically developing (TD) peers. The results of a sentence repetition task indicate that Mandarin children with DLD perform significantly worse than both groups of TD children,…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Phrase Structure, Mandarin Chinese, Language Acquisition
Relative Clause Sentence Processing in Korean-Speaking School-Aged Children with and without Specific Language Impairment
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Yoo, Jeewon; Yim, Dongsun – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The goal of this study was to examine online and off-line sentence processing using Korean language relative clause sentences between children with specific language impairment (SLI) and children with typical development (TD). Method: Twenty-four children with TD and 19 children with SLI participated in this study. Children completed…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Korean, Language Processing, Language Acquisition
Sentence Imitation as a Tool in Identifying Expressive Morphosyntactic Difficulties in Children with Severe Speech Difficulties
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Seeff-Gabriel, Belinda; Chiat, Shula; Dodd, Barbara – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2010
Background: Sentence imitation has been identified as a good indicator of children's language skills, with performance differentiating children with specific language impairment and showing relationships with other language measures. It has a number of advantages over other methods of assessment. The assessment of morphosyntax in children who have…
Descriptors: Sentences, Imitation, Tests, Children
Grammatical Characteristics of Swedish Children with SLI.
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Hansson, Kristina; Nettelbladt, Ulrika – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Spontaneous speech samples from 10 Swedish children were analyzed grammatically. The five subjects (age five) with specific language impairment (SLI) differed from controls in their more restricted usage of word order patterns and number of grammatical errors. Their speech also showed frequent omissions of grammatical morphemes. Results suggest…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Expressive Language, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Spoken and Written Language Assessment of Orally Trained Children with Hearing Loss: Syntactic Structures and Deviations.
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Tur-Kaspa, Hana; Dromi, Esther – Volta Review, 1999
A language assessment procedure was used with spontaneous spoken and written language samples of 13 orally trained children with hearing loss in integrated classrooms in two Israeli elementary schools. Results revealed significant differences between spoken and written language samples of these children in various correct syntactic structures,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Evaluation Methods, Expressive Language
Second Language Lexical Acquisition: Issues and Problems.
Levenston, Edward A. – 1979
Most second language acquisition research has been concerned with grammar or phonology and has failed to discuss lexical acquisition. The main reason for this neglect has been the lack of vocabulary study by linguists. However, recent concern with semantic theory has brought new impetus to work on lexical acquisition. Useful research on lexical…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language)