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Larson, Caroline; Weismer, Susan Ellis – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study examined working memory in children with developmental language disorder (DLD). The overarching goal of this work was to integrate three primary processing-based hypotheses of DLD, (a) limited verbal working memory, (b) slowed processing speed, and (c) inefficient inhibition of interference, by using the…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
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MacNeilage, Peter F.; Davis, Barbara L.; Kinney, Ashlynn; Matyear, Christine L. – Child Development, 2000
Presents evidence for four major design features of serial organization of speech arising from comparison of babbling and early speech with patterns in ten languages. Maintains that no explanation for the design features is available from Universal Grammar; except for intercyclical consonant repetition development, perceptual-motor learning seems…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Influences, Language Acquisition