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The Competition-Compensation Account of Developmental Language Disorder
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Harmon, Zara; Barak, Libby; Shafto, Patrick; Edwards, Jan; Feldman, Naomi H. – Developmental Science, 2023
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) regularly use the bare form of verbs (e.g., dance) instead of inflected forms (e.g., danced). We propose an account of this behavior in which processing difficulties of children with DLD disproportionally affect processing novel inflected verbs in their input. Limited experience with inflection…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Children, Language Processing
Does Rhythmic Priming Improve Grammatical Processing in Hungarian-Speaking Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder?
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Ladányi, Eniko; Lukács, Ágnes; Gervain, Judit – Developmental Science, 2021
Research has described several features shared between musical rhythm and speech or language, and experimental studies consistently show associations between performance on tasks in the two domains as well as impaired rhythm processing in children with language disorders. Motivated by these results, in the current study our first aim was to…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Music, Priming, Grammar
Is That a "Pibu" or a "Pibo"? Children with Reading and Language Deficits Show Difficulties in Learning and Overnight Consolidation of Phonologically Similar Pseudowords
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Malins, Jeffrey G.; Landi, Nicole; Ryherd, Kayleigh; Frijters, Jan C.; Magnuson, James S.; Rueckl, Jay G.; Pugh, Kenneth R.; Sevcik, Rose; Morris, Robin – Developmental Science, 2021
Word learning is critical for the development of reading and language comprehension skills. Although previous studies have indicated that word learning is compromised in children with reading disability (RD) or developmental language disorder (DLD), it is less clear how word learning difficulties manifest in children with comorbid RD and DLD.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Comparative Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension
Altered Lateralization of Dorsal Language Tracts in 6-Week-Old Infants at Risk for Autism
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Liu, Janelle; Tsang, Tawny; Jackson, Lisa; Ponting, Carolyn; Jeste, Shafali S.; Bookheimer, Susan Y.; Dapretto, Mirella – Developmental Science, 2019
Altered structural connectivity has been identified as a possible biomarker of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk in the developing brain. Core features of ASD include impaired social communication and early language delay. Thus, examining white matter tracts associated with language may lend further insight into early signs of ASD risk and the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Brain Hemisphere Functions
The Roles of Family History of Dyslexia, Language, Speech Production and Phonological Processing in Predicting Literacy Progress
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Carroll, Julia M.; Mundy, Ian R.; Cunningham, Anna J. – Developmental Science, 2014
It is well established that speech, language and phonological skills are closely associated with literacy, and that children with a family risk of dyslexia (FRD) tend to show deficits in each of these areas in the preschool years. This paper examines what the relationships are between FRD and these skills, and whether deficits in speech, language…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Speech Skills, Language Skills, Phonological Awareness
Lexical and Articulatory Interactions in Children's Language Production
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Heisler, Lori; Goffman, Lisa; Younger, Barbara – Developmental Science, 2010
Traditional models of adult language processing and production include two levels of representation: lexical and sublexical. The current study examines the influence of the inclusion of a lexical representation (i.e. a visual referent and/or object function) on the stability of articulation as well as on phonetic accuracy and variability in…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Phonetics, Language Processing, Language Impairments
The Development of Complex Sentence Interpretation in Typically Developing Children Compared with Children with Specific Language Impairments or Early Unilateral Focal Lesions
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Dick, Frederic; Wulfeck, Beverly; Krupa-Kwiatkowski, Magda; Bates, Elizabeth – Developmental Science, 2004
This study compared sentence comprehension skills in typically developing children 5-17 years of age, children with language impairment (LI) and children with focal brain injuries (FL) acquired in the pre/perinatal period. Participants were asked to process sentences "on-line", choosing the agent in sentences that varied in syntactic complexity…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Sentences, Verbs, Language Impairments