Nonword Repetition and Sentence Repetition as Clinical Markers of Specific Language Impairment: The Case of Cantonese

Autor/inn/en	Stokes, Stephanie F.; Wong, Anita M-Y.; Fletcher, Paul; Leonard, Laurence B.
Titel	Nonword Repetition and Sentence Repetition as Clinical Markers of Specific Language Impairment: The Case of Cantonese
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49 (2006) 2, S.219-236 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
Schlagwörter	Memory; Sentences; Language Impairments; Phonetics; Sino Tibetan Languages; Language Tests; Language Skills; Children; Statistical Analysis; English; Language Processing; Comparative Analysis; Distinctive Features (Language); Diagnostic Tests; Contrastive Linguistics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Phonetik; Fonetik; Language test; Sprachtest; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Child; Kind; Kinder; Statistische Analyse; English language; Englisch; Sprachverarbeitung; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik
Abstract	Purpose: Recent research suggests that nonword repetition (NWR) and sentence repetition (SR) tasks can be used to discriminate between children with SLI and their typically developing age-matched (TDAM) and younger (TDY) peers. Method: Fourteen Cantonese-speaking children with SLI and 30 of their TDAM and TDY peers were compared on NWR and SR tasks. NWR of IN nonwords (CV combinations attested in the language) and OUT nonwords (CV combinations unattested in the language) were compared. SR performance was compared using 4 different scoring methods. Results: The SLI group did not score significantly lower than the TDAM group on the test of NWR (overall results were TDAM = SLI greater than TDY). There were nonsignificant group differences on IN syllables but not on OUT syllables. The results do not suggest a limitation in phonological working memory in Cantonese-speaking children with SLI. The SR task discriminated between children and their TDAM peers but not between children with SLI and their TDY peers matched for mean length of utterance. Conclusions: SR but not NWR discriminates between children with SLI and their TDAM peers. Poorer NWR for English-speaking children with SLI might be attributable to weaker use of the redintegration strategy in word repetition. Further cross-linguistic investigations of processing strategies are required. (Contains 1 footnote and 6 tables.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Tel: 800-638-8255; Fax: 301-571-0457; e-mail: subscribe@asha.org; Web site: http://www.asha.org/about/publications/journal-abstracts/jslhr/.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10