Influence of Context on the Production of Complex Sentences by Typically Developing Children

Autor/inn/en	Klein, Harriet B.; Moses, Nelson; Jean-Baptiste, Rachel
Titel	Influence of Context on the Production of Complex Sentences by Typically Developing Children
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 41 (2010) 3, S.289-302 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
DOI	10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0080)
Schlagwörter	Sentences; Play; Language Impairments; Identification; Age Differences; Child Development; Story Telling; Task Analysis; Correlation; Adults; Children; Models; Evaluation Methods; Preschool Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Spiel; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kindesentwicklung; Aufgabenanalyse; Korrelation; Child; Kind; Kinder; Analogiemodell; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung
Abstract	Purpose: This study was designed to identify types of complex-sentence meanings (i.e., "content") produced in selected elicitation contexts by typically developing children within 3 different age groups. The research was motivated by the need for additional evidence-based assessments and interventions for children with language disorders. Method: Participants included 3 groups of typically developing children, mean ages 2;8 (years;months; Cohort 1), 3;4 (Cohort 2), and 4;7 (Cohort 3). Four elicitation contexts distinguished on the basis of degree of spontaneity and the potential for eliciting complex sentences were used: free-play, script-play, elicited description, and story retelling. Tasks within these contexts were presented to each child over two 1-hr sessions. Results: Significant differences were found among the cohorts for proportion of complex-sentence productions overall, across contexts, and across content categories. Significant relationships were found between content and contexts and between adult model and content of the child's following utterance. Conclusions: Findings suggest that children's complex-sentence production changes with development and is sensitive to features of linguistic and nonlinguistic contexts. These data provide evidence for the types of complex-sentence content that may be expected in specified contexts, thus serving as a basis for planning assessment and intervention for children with language disorders. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10