Average C-Unit Lengths in the Discourse of African American Children from Low-Income, Urban Homes.

Craig, Holly K.; Washington, Julie A.; Thompson-Porter, Connie

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Publication Date: 1998

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Average C-Unit Lengths in the Discourse of African American Children from Low-Income, Urban Homes.

Craig, Holly K.; Washington, Julie A.; Thompson-Porter, Connie

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v41 n2 p433-44 Apr 1998

This investigation reports average length of communication units (C-units) in words and in morphemes for 95 African-American boys and girls (ages 4-6) from lower-income, urban homes. Mean C-units increased across the age span and syntactic complexity of the children's language samples correlated positively with increases in C-unit length. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Disability Identification, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Language Patterns, Morphemes, Socioeconomic Status, Syntax, Urban Environment, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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