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Godde, Erika; Bosse, Marie-Line; Bailly, Gérard – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
The present work reviews the current knowledge of the development of reading prosody, or reading aloud with expression, in young children. Prosody comprises the variables of timing, phrasing, emphasis and intonation that speakers use to convey meaning. We detail the subjective rating scales proposed as a means of assessing performance in young…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Suprasegmentals, Oral Reading, Young Children
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Badcock, Nicholas A.; Bishop, Dorothy V. M.; Hardiman, Mervyn J.; Barry, Johanna G.; Watkins, Kate E. – Brain and Language, 2012
We assessed the relationship between brain structure and function in 10 individuals with specific language impairment (SLI), compared to six unaffected siblings, and 16 unrelated control participants with typical language. Voxel-based morphometry indicated that grey matter in the SLI group, relative to controls, was increased in the left inferior…
Descriptors: Siblings, Language Impairments, Expressive Language, Morphology (Languages)