| Autor: |
Juhasz, Corinne R., Grela, Bernard |
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Contemporary Issues in Communication Science & Disorders; Spring2008, Vol. 35, p76-83, 8p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph |
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the spontaneous language samples of children with specific language impairment (SLI) to those of typically developing children for frequency of verb particle production and frequency and errors types associated with verb particle production. Method: The language transcripts of 10 children with SLI (age 3;8 [years;months] to 5;7) were compared to those of 10 typically developing children (age 2;11 to 3;4) matched for mean length of utterance (MLU). The transcripts were analyzed for the number of verb particles produced and errors occurring with the verb particles attempted. Three types of errors were identified: verb particle constructions, subject argument omissions, and object argument omissions. Results: No significant difference was noted between groups for verb particles attempted. Omission of the subject argument was the most common error for the children with SLI and the MLU controls. Between-group comparisons showed that the children with SLI produced more errors overall. A significant difference was found in the frequency with which children with SLI omitted the object argument. Conclusion: Although children with SLI may produce as large a variety of verbs as their typically developing peers, they make more grammatical errors during the construction of these utterances. This finding is consistent with results showing that grammatical errors increase as the complexity of grammatical structures attempted increases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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