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Language Characteristics of Individuals with Down Syndrome
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Martin, Gary E.; Klusek, Jessica; Estigarribia, Bruno; Roberts, Joanne E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
On average, language and communication characteristics of individuals with Down syndrome (the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability) follow a consistent profile. Despite considerable individual variability, receptive language is typically stronger than expressive language, with particular challenges in phonology and syntax. We…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Phonology, Syntax, Down Syndrome
A Procedure for Classifying Disruptions in Spontaneous Language Samples.
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Dollaghan, Christine A.; Campbell, Thomas F. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
Approaches to the analysis of utterance disruptions are reviewed, and a system is proposed for analyzing disruptions in spontaneous language, with four disruption categories (pauses, repetitions, revisions, and orphans). Use of the system is illustrated using language samples from 10 traumatically brain-injured and 10 normally developing speakers…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language)
Developmental and Diagnostic Characteristics of Quantitative Measures of Children's Language Production.
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Klee, Thomas – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This study evaluated 9 computer-generated measures of children's language production, based on 24 children with specific language impairment and 24 normally developing children, ages 24-50 months. Three measures possessed desirable developmental and diagnostic characteristics: mean syntactic length, total number of words, and number of different…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Expressive Language