Language Use and Development in Third-Person Singular Contexts: Assessment Implications
| Autor: | Brandi L. Newkirk-Turner, Lisa J. Green |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050101 languages & linguistics Linguistics and Language media_common.quotation_subject Language and Linguistics 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences Speech and Hearing Third person Morpheme Humans Speech 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Language media_common African american Language Tests Grammar 05 social sciences Linguistics Recognition Psychology Focus (linguistics) Black or African American Child Preschool Female 0305 other medical science Imitation Psychology Child Language |
| Zdroj: | Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 52:16-30 |
| ISSN: | 1558-9129 0161-1461 |
| Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this assessment-focused clinical focus article is to increase familiarity with African American English (AAE)–speaking children's pattern of language use in third-person singular contexts and to discuss implications for speech-language assessments of developing AAE-speaking children. Method The clinical focus draws on descriptive case study data from four typically developing child speakers of AAE who are between the ages of 3 and 5 years. The children's data from three different sources—sentence imitation, story retell, and play-based language samples—were subjected to linguistic analyses. Results The three sources of linguistic data offered different insights into the children's production of –s and other linguistic patterns in third-person singular contexts. Conclusions This study underscores the importance of exploring developing child AAE from a descriptive approach to reveal different types of information about patterns of morphological marking in different linguistic contexts, which is crucial in assessing developing AAE. Implications for language assessment are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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