ERIC Number: EJ1294379
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Feb
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Relative Clause Sentence Processing in Korean-Speaking School-Aged Children with and without Specific Language Impairment
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v64 n2 p510-530 Feb 2021
Purpose: The goal of this study was to examine online and off-line sentence processing using Korean language relative clause sentences between children with specific language impairment (SLI) and children with typical development (TD). Method: Twenty-four children with TD and 19 children with SLI participated in this study. Children completed online and off-line sentence-processing tasks using relative clause sentences. The response time (RT) data obtained from the online processing task were analyzed at each word position and between adjacent words for items answered both correctly and incorrectly on the off-line comprehension task. A linear mixed-effects model and a generalized linear mixed effects model were used to analyze the performances on the online/off-line sentence-processing task between the two groups. Results: The results revealed that the processing pattern of RTs on the online processing task differed between the two groups, such that the SLI group did not show the predicted RT increase while the TD group did. Also, the SLI group processed each word with comparable or faster reading rates than the TD group. On the off-line comprehension task, the SLI group performed poorly compared to the TD group. Conclusions: Processing of syntactically complex sentences differed between the TD and SLI groups, such that the SLI group had lower accuracy on the off-line comprehension task and was less efficient on the online processing task as compared to the TD group. These results mainly support the syntactic deficit account in children with SLI.
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Korean, Language Processing, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Comparative Analysis, Task Analysis, Prediction, Reaction Time, Elementary School Students, Syntax, Accuracy, Difficulty Level, English, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Reading Processes, Error Analysis (Language), Intelligence Tests, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Language Tests, Age Differences, Vocabulary Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children
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