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Comprehension of Reflexive and Personal Pronouns in Children with Autism: A Syntactic or Pragmatic Deficit?
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Perovic, Alexandra; Modyanova, Nadya; Wexler, Ken – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
Although pragmatic deficits are well documented in autism, little is known about the extent to which grammatical knowledge in this disorder is deficient, or merely delayed when compared to that of typically developing children functioning at similar linguistic or cognitive levels. This study examines the knowledge of constraints on the…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Pragmatics, Form Classes (Languages), Autism
The Use of Psychological State Words by Late Talkers at Ages 3, 4, and 5 Years
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Lee, Eliza Carlson; Rescorla, Leslie – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2008
The use of four types of psychological state words (physiological, emotional, desire, and cognitive) during mother-child play sessions at ages 3, 4, and 5 years was examined in 30 children diagnosed with delayed expressive language at 24-31 months and 15 age-matched comparison children with typical development. The children's mean length of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Social Development, Expressive Language, Matched Groups
Speech Patterns in Cypriot-Greek Late Talkers
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Petinou, Kakia; Okalidou, Areti – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
The investigation longitudinally examined the phonetic skills of Cypriot-Greek children with late onset of expressive vocabulary. The rate of phonological development within short time increments and the identification of possible speech constraints motivating slow development of expressive language were examined. Participants were seven…
Descriptors: Young Children, Delayed Speech, Phonetics, Greek
Development of Morphophonemic Segments in Children's Mental Representations of Words.
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Jones, Noel K. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1991
Explores the development in children of dual-level phonological processing. The study suggests that even language-delayed six year olds form underlying representations composed of morphophonemic segments. Differences in performance between the groups studied (first graders, young adults, language-delayed first graders) are discussed. (55…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Delayed Speech, Language Acquisition
Language Learning with Restricted Input: Case Studies of Two Hearing Children of Deaf Parents.
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Sachs, Jacqueline; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1981
Two linguistically deficient children of deaf parents had been cared for almost exclusively by their mother, who did not speak or sign to them. Intervention led to erasure of idiosynchratic speech pattern in the older child and in increasing both children's expressive ability. Implications for language-learning are discussed. (PJM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Children, Comprehension
Phonological and Lexical Development in Normal and Late-Talking Toddlers.
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Thal, Donna J.; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1995
Toddlers in the lowest 10th percentile for lexical production were compared with age- and language-matched controls on measures of phonetic complexity, lexical development, and grammatical complexity. Results indicate an overlap between phonology, lexicon, and grammar and suggest the importance of true consonant production for lexical development.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Consonants, Control Groups, Data Analysis