Expressive Verb Morphology Deficits in Arabic-Speaking Children with Developmental Language Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Taha, Juhayna; Stojanovik, Vesna; Pagnamenta, Emma
Titel	Expressive Verb Morphology Deficits in Arabic-Speaking Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64 (2021) 2, S.561-578 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Taha, Juhayna) ORCID (Stojanovik, Vesna) ORCID (Pagnamenta, Emma)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
Schlagwörter	Semitic Languages; Verbs; Expressive Language; Morphology (Languages); Children; Language Impairments; Developmental Disabilities; Young Children; Morphemes; Error Patterns; Foreign Countries; Form Classes (Languages); Palestine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; Morphology; Morphologie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Entwicklungsstörung; Frühe Kindheit; Morphem; Fehlertyp; Ausland; Analytischer Sprachbau; Palästina
Abstract	Purpose: This study investigated the production of tense and subject-verb agreement in Palestinian Arabic-speaking children with developmental language disorder (DLD) in comparison to their typically developing (TD) peers in terms of (a) performance accuracy and (b) error patterns. Method: Participants were 14 children with DLD aged 4;0-7;10 and 32 TD children aged 3;0-8;0 matched on nonverbal abilities. Children were asked to complete a picture-based verb elicitation task. The task was designed to measure the production accuracy of tense and subject-verb agreement inflections in Arabic. Results: The DLD group scored significantly lower than the TD group on the verb elicitation task. The DLD group was significantly less accurate than the TD group in marking tense, specifically present tense. They were also less accurate in marking agreement in general, with specific difficulty in using feminine verb forms. The DLD and TD groups differed in their tense error patterns, but not in agreement error patterns. Conclusions: The acquisition of verb morphology in Palestinian Arabic-speaking children with DLD appears to be delayed and possibly different from their TD peers. The DLD group found the production of marked verb forms more challenging than less marked ones. These results are discussed in light of the structural characteristics of Arabic. Future studies would need to include larger sample sizes; investigate other aspects of verb morphology, including both production and comprehension; include other language domains; and consider longitudinal designs to provide more in-depth knowledge of Arabic language acquisition. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01