NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Do Nonword Repetition Errors in Children with Specific Language Impairment Reflect a Weakness in an Unidentified Skill Specific to Nonword Repetition or a Deficit in Simultaneous Processing?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Marton, Klara – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
This Commentary supports Gathercole's (2006) proposal on a double deficit in children with specific language impairment (SLI). The author suggests that these children have a limited phonological storage combined with a particular problem of processing novel speech stimuli. According to Gathercole, there are three areas of skill contributing to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Stimuli, Language Impairments, Cognitive Ability
Working Memory Capacity and Language Processes in Children with Specific Language Impairment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Marton, Klara; Schwartz, Richard G. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
This study examined the interaction between working memory and language comprehension in children with specific language impairment (SLI), focusing on the function of the central executive component and its interaction with the phonological loop (A. D. Baddeley, 1986) in complex working memory tasks. Thirteen children with SLI and 13 age-matched…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Sentences, Language Impairments, Error Patterns
Effect of Sentence Length and Complexity on Working Memory Performance in Hungarian Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI): A Cross-Linguistic Comparison
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Marton, Klara; Schwartz, Richard G.; Farkas, Lajos; Katsnelson, Valeriya – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: English-speaking children with specific language impairment (SLI) perform more poorly than their typically developing peers in verbal working memory tasks where processing and storage are simultaneously required. Hungarian is a language with a relatively free word order and a rich agglutinative morphology. Aims: To examine the effect…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Linguistics, Sentences, Language Acquisition