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Newkirk-Turner, Brandi L.; Oetting, Janna B.; Stockman, Ida J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2014
Purpose: This study examined African American English--speaking children's use of BE, DO, and modal auxiliaries. Method: The data were based on language samples obtained from 48 three-year-olds. Analyses examined rates of marking by auxiliary type, auxiliary surface form, succeeding element, and syntactic construction and by a number of child…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Toddlers, African American Children, Verbs
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Oetting, Janna B.; Newkirk, Brandi L.; Hartfield, Lekeitha R.; Wynn, Christy G.; Pruitt, Sonja L.; Garrity, April W. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2010
Purpose: The validity of the Index of Productive Syntax (IPSyn; Scarborough, 1990) for children who speak African American English (AAE) was evaluated by conducting an item analysis and a comparison of the children's scores as a function of their maternal education level, nonmainstream dialect density, age, and clinical status. Method: The data…
Descriptors: Dialects, Syntax, Language Impairments, Item Analysis