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Abashidze, Dato; McDonough, Kim; Gao, Yang – Second Language Research, 2022
Recent research that explored how input exposure and learner characteristics influence novel L2 morphosyntactic pattern learning has exposed participants to either text or static images rather than dynamic visual events. Furthermore, it is not known whether incorporating eye gaze cues into dynamic visual events enhances dual pattern learning.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Morphology (Languages)
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Eadie, P. A.; Fey, M. E.; Douglas, J. M.; Parsons, C. L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
A study examined grammatical morphology and sentence imitation in 9 children with specific learning impairments (SLI), 10 with Down syndrome (DS), and 10 controls matched on mean length of utterance. Children with SLI and DS performed significantly more poorly than controls on measures of tense inflections and non-tense morphemes. (Contains…
Descriptors: Children, Down Syndrome, Grammar, Language Impairments
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Leonard, Laurence B.; Miller Carol A.; Deevy, Patricia; Rauf, Leila; Gerber, Erika; Charest, Monique – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
Fourteen preschoolers with specific language impairment (SLI) and 12 younger controls were more likely to produce auxiliary "is" to describe target pictures when the preceding sentence contained auxiliary "are" than when it contained past tense. Use of "is" was least likely when the preceding sentence was nonfinite. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Language Patterns