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Children's Relative Clause Markers in Two Non-Mainstream Dialects of English
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Oetting, Janna B.; Newkirk, Brandi L. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
We examined children's productions of mainstream and non-mainstream relative clause markers (e.g. "that", "who", "which", "what", "where", [image omitted]) in African American English (AAE) and Southern White English (SWE) as a function of three linguistic variables (syntactic role of the marker,…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Nouns, Linguistics, North American English
Index of Productive Syntax for Children Who Speak African American English
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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
Subject Relatives by Children with and without SLI across Different Dialects of English
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Oetting, Janna B.; Newkirk, Brandi L. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2008
This study examined whether children's use of subject relative clauses differs as a function of their English dialect (African American English, AAE vs. Southern White English, SWE vs. Mainstream American English, MAE) and clinical diagnosis (specific language impairment, SLI vs. typically developing, TD). The data were spontaneous language…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Black Dialects, Language Impairments, Clinical Diagnosis