Learning and Generalization Components of Morphological Acquisition by Children with Specific Language Impairment: Is There a Functional Relation?.

Swisher, Linda; Snow, David

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ERIC Number: EJ496323

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Learning and Generalization Components of Morphological Acquisition by Children with Specific Language Impairment: Is There a Functional Relation?

Swisher, Linda; Snow, David

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, v37 n6 p1406-13 Dec 1994

Twenty-five children with specific language impairment (SLI) and 25 children with normal language (NL) were presented with novel vocabulary and bound-morpheme learning tasks. SLI children had significantly lower vocabulary learning levels and less ability to generalize bound morphemes than NL children. Results support the storage/access but not the rule-induction theory of SLI. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Generalization, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Learning Theories, Memory, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages), Perceptual Impairments, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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