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Kara Hawthorne; Susan J. Loveall – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Pronouns are referentially ambiguous: For example, "she" could refer to any female. Nonetheless, errors in pronoun interpretation rarely occur for adults with typical development (TD) due to several strategies implicitly shared between the talker and listener. The purpose of this study was to test the impacts of syntactic,…
Descriptors: Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Form Classes (Languages)
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Gross, Megan C.; Castilla-Earls, Anny – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: This study examined the frequency, direction, and structural characteristics of code-switching (CS) during narratives by Spanish-English bilingual children with and without developmental language disorder (DLD) to determine whether children with DLD exhibit unique features in their CS that may inform clinical decision-making. Method:…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Language Impairments, Developmental Delays
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Castilla-Earls, Anny; Pérez-Leroux, Ana Teresa; Fulcher-Rood, Katrina; Barr, Christopher – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to find morphological markers with good diagnostic accuracy to identify developmental language disorders (DLD) in Spanish-English bilingual children. Method: The participants in this study included 66 Spanish-English bilingual children between the ages of 4;0 and 6;11 (years; months) with (n = 33) and without…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Error Patterns, Spanish Speaking, Bilingualism