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Paradis, Johanne; Rice, Mabel L.; Crago, Martha; Marquis, Janet – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2008
This study reports on a comparison of the use and knowledge of tense-marking morphemes in English by first language (L1), second language (L2), and specific language impairment (SLI) children. The objective of our research was to ascertain whether the L2 children's tense acquisition patterns were similar or dissimilar to those of the L1 and SLI…
Descriptors: Morphemes, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Language Impairments
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Rice, Mabel L.; Tomblin, J. Bruce; Hoffman, Lesa; Richman, W. Allen; Marquis, Janet – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2004
The relationship between children's language acquisition and their nonverbal intelligence has a long tradition of scientific inquiry. Current attention focuses on the use of nonverbal IQ level as an exclusionary criterion in the definition of specific language impairment (SLI). Grammatical tense deficits are known as a clinical marker of SLI, but…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grammar, Nonverbal Ability, Mental Retardation