Non-word repetition: the relationship between weak syllables and the omission of grammatical morphemes in children with specific language impairment.
Clin Linguist Phon
; 28(12): 895-911, 2014 Dec.
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Non-word (NW) repetition in children with specific language impairment (SLI) is a skill related to, but genetically separate from, grammatical ability. Prosodic structure of the syllables may bridge the gap between these two abilities. A NW repetition task was compared in a group of 15 preschool Italian children with SLI (ranged in age from 3;11 to 5;8) and 15 younger typically developing children (aged from 2;11 to 3;7) matched for mean length of utterance (TD-MLU). Grammatical ability was tested through a probe for direct-object clitic pronouns which is one of the most useful clinical markers in the Italian language. In NW repetition, children with SLI deleted more syllables than the TD-MLU children. The omission of weak syllables in a pre-stress position was a significant predictor of the omission of clitic pronouns. The present study shows that the link between grammar and NW is due to a prosodic characteristic that is more universally challenging in children with SLI.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Semántica
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Acústica del Lenguaje
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Medición de la Producción del Habla
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Fonética
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Trastornos del Desarrollo del Lenguaje
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Pruebas del Lenguaje
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Linguist Phon
Asunto de la revista:
PATOLOGIA DA FALA E LINGUAGEM
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido