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BE, DO, and Modal Auxiliaries of 3-Year-Old African American English Speakers
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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
Toward Validation of a Minimal Competence Core of Morphosyntax for African American Children
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Stockman, Ida J.; Guillory, Barbara; Seibert, Marilyn; Boult, Johanna – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2013
Purpose: The authors set out to determine (a) whether African American children's spontaneous spoken language met use criteria for a revised minimal competence core with original and added morphosyntactic patterns at different geographical locations, and (b) whether pass/fail status on this core was differentiated on other criterion measures of…
Descriptors: African American Children, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Child Language
A Review of Developmental and Applied Language Research on African American Children: From a Deficit to Difference Perspective on Dialect Differences
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Stockman, Ida J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2010
Purpose: The contemporary practices of delivering speech, language, and hearing services in schools reflect palpable gains in professional sensitivity to linguistic and cultural diversity. Method: This article reviews the dominant research themes on the oral language of African American preschoolers who contribute to such diversity in the United…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Language Research, Dialects
The Use of Conversational Repairs by African American Preschoolers
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Stockman, Ida J.; Karasinski, Laura; Guillory, Barbara – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2008
Purpose: This study aimed to describe the types and frequency of conversational repairs used by African American (AA) children in relationship to their geographic locations and levels of performance on commonly used speech-language measures. Method: The strategies used to initiate repairs and respond to repair requests were identified in…
Descriptors: African American Children, Preschool Children, Speech Communication, Interpersonal Communication
Toward Validation of a Minimal Competence Phonetic Core for African American Children
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Stockman, Ida J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: This study aimed to show (a) whether the minimal competence core (MCC) of consonants used by African American preschoolers in I. Stockman (2006) can be observed in a larger group of children using shorter and more controlled speech samples and (b) whether the MCC pass/fail outcomes are differentially related to performance on selected…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Phonetics, Phonemes
Alveolar Bias in the Final Consonant Deletion Patterns of African American Children
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Stockman, Ida J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2006
Purpose: The variable deletion of word-final consonants is a well-known feature of African American English (AAE). This study aimed to show whether African American children exhibit an alveolar bias in their deletion of final voiceless stops as has been observed for their production of final nasals. Method: The data were extracted from more than…
Descriptors: Phonetics, African American Children, Phonemes, Articulation (Speech)