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The Syntactic and Semantic Features of Two-Year-Olds' Verb Vocabularies: A Comparison of Typically Developing Children and Late Talkers
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Horvath, Sabrina; Rescorla, Leslie; Arunachalam, Sudha – Journal of Child Language, 2019
Children with language disorders have particular difficulty with verbs, but when this difficulty emerges is unknown. We examined syntactic (transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) and semantic (manner, result) features of two-year-olds' verb vocabularies, contrasting late talkers and typically developing children to look for early differences in…
Descriptors: Syntax, Semantics, Toddlers, Verbs
Late Talkers at 2: Outcome at Age 3.
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Rescorla, Leslie; Roberts, Julie; Dahlsgaard, Katherine – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1997
Age 3 follow-up data are presented for sample of 34 toddlers diagnosed between ages of 24 and 31 months with expressive specific language impairment. Late talkers made more rapid progress in lexical development and in descriptive, explanatory, and definitive use of language than in syntactic and morphological language. Toddlers who'd been more…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Expressive Language, Followup Studies, Language Acquisition
Late-Talking Toddlers: MLU and IPSyn Outcomes at 3;O and 4;0.
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Rescorla, Leslie; Dahlsgaard, Katherine; Roberts, Julie – Journal of Child Language, 2000
Expressive language outcomes measured by MLU and the Index of Productive Syntax (IPSyn) at ages 3 and 4 were investigated in 34 late talkers with normal receptive language and in 16 typically developing comparison children matched on age, socioeconomic status, and nonverbal ability. Late talkers made greater gains than comparison children between…
Descriptors: Age, Articulation (Speech), Comparative Analysis, Expressive Language