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Van Horne, Amanda J. Owen; Lin, Shanju – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
This study investigated the use of cognitive state verbs (CSVs) and complement clauses in children with specific language impairment (SLI) and their typically developing (TD) peers. In Study 1, conversational samples from 23 children with SLI (M = 6;2), 24 age-matched TD children (M = 6;2) and 21 vocabulary-matched TD children (M = 4;9) were…
Descriptors: Verbs, Language Impairments, Semantics, Syntax
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Justice, Laura M.; Bowles, Ryan; Pence, Khara; Gosse, Carolyn – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2010
Analysis of children's spoken narratives represents a potentially informative approach to language assessment within early childhood settings. Yet, narrative assessment is not readily amenable to at-scale use given the time needed to collect, transcribe, and analyze a child's narrative sample and the lack of consensus regarding what aspects of…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Phrase Structure, Nouns, Performance Based Assessment
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Miller, Carol A.; Deevy, Patricia – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2006
Primary objective: To determine if structural priming can be demonstrated in young children with and without specific language impairment (SLI). Research design: A mixed-model design was used to compare children with SLI to two groups of typically developing (TD) children, and to compare priming conditions. Methods and procedures: Eighteen…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Preschool Children