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Wagley, Neelima; Perrachione, Tyler K.; Ostrovskaya, Irina; Ghosh, Satrajit S.; Saxler, Patricia K.; Lymberis, John; Wexler, Kenneth; Gabrieli, John D. E.; Kovelman, Ioulia – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: Child language acquisition is marked by an optional infinitive period (ages 2-4 years) during which children use nonfinite (infinitival) verb forms and finite verb forms interchangeably in grammatical contexts that require finite forms. In English, children's errors include omissions of past tense /--ed/ and 3rd-person singular /--s/.…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Error Patterns, Adults, Morphology (Languages)
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Theakston, Anna L.; Ibbotson, Paul; Freudenthal, Daniel; Lieven, Elena V. M.; Tomasello, Michael – Cognitive Science, 2015
Productivity is a central concept in the study of language and language acquisition. As a test case for exploring the notion of productivity, we focus on the noun slots of verb frames, such as __"want"__, __"see"__, and __"get"__. We develop a novel combination of measures designed to assess both the flexibility and…
Descriptors: Nouns, Verbs, Creativity, Semantics
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Leonard, Laurence B.; Miller, Carol A.; Finneran, Denise A. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2008
Sixteen-year-olds with specific language impairment (SLI), nonspecific language impairment (NLI), and those showing typical language development (TD) responded to target words in sentences that were either grammatical or contained a grammatical error immediately before the target word. The TD participants showed the expected slower response times…
Descriptors: Sentences, Morphemes, Grammar, Language Impairments
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Altmann, Lori J. P.; Lombardino, Linda J.; Puranik, Cynthia – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2008
Background: While spoken language deficits have been identified in children with developmental dyslexia, microanalysis of sentence production proficiency in these children is a largely unexplored area. Aims: The current study examines proficiency of syntactic production in children and young adults with dyslexia and typically developing…
Descriptors: Sentences, Verbs, Oral Language, Dyslexia
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Fujiki, Martin; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1987
Language impaired subjects (N=10) at each age level from 6 through 10 were evaluated for ability to correct grammatical violations of word order. Normal 6-, 7-, and 8-year-olds performed better than language impaired age-matched peers, and language-impaired 9- and 10-year-olds performed better than younger impaired subjects. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Error Patterns
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Delage, Helene; Tuller, Laurice – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: The authors' purpose was to explore the nature of the link between hearing loss (HL) and language impairment in adolescents with mild-to-moderate hearing loss (MMHL). Does language performance (generally or in certain areas) normalize at adolescence? Method: The language skills of 19 French-speaking adolescents (ages 11-15) with moderate…
Descriptors: Written Language, Phonology, Language Skills, Adolescents