Language abilities of 18-month-old Zulu speakers
| Autor: | Melissa A. Bortz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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| Zdroj: | South African Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol 39, Iss 1 (1992) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0379-8046 2225-4765 |
| DOI: | 10.4102/sajcd.v39i1.273 |
| Popis: | The receptive, expressive and pragmatic language abilities of 18-month-old Zulu speakers were assessed in order to obtain preliminary norms. Twenty-five participants of the Birth to Ten cohort study were investigated using parents reports, mother-child and tester-child interactions. Data was transcribed and analysed using nonparametric statistics. Results demonstrated that receptively subjects understood two-part instructions. Expressively, the mean lexicon was 4.12 words and mean length utterance 0.65. Pragmatically, subjects were functioning on a nonverbal level and exhibited culture-spesific items. The results provided information which could enable speech, language and hearing therapists to engage in primary and secondary prevention. An appropriate test battery for these children discussed. |
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