Articulating Novel Words: Children's Oromotor Skills Predict Nonword Repetition Abilities

Autor/inn/en	Krishnan, Saloni; Alcock, Katherine J.; Mercure, Evelyne; Leech, Robert; Barker, Edward; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette; Dick, Frederic
Titel	Articulating Novel Words: Children's Oromotor Skills Predict Nonword Repetition Abilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 56 (2013) 6, S.1800-1812 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0206)
Schlagwörter	Articulation (Speech); Pronunciation; Vocabulary Development; Motor Reactions; Nonverbal Ability; Repetition; Children; Language Tests; Cohort Analysis; Predictor Variables; Language Acquisition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aussprache; Wortschatzarbeit; Wiederholung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Language test; Sprachtest; Kohortenanalyse; Prädiktor; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb
Abstract	Purpose: Pronouncing a novel word for the first time requires the transformation of a newly encoded speech signal into a series of coordinated, exquisitely timed oromotor movements. Individual differences in children's ability to repeat novel nonwords are associated with vocabulary development and later literacy. Nonword repetition (NWR) is often used to test clinical populations. While phonological/auditory memory contributions to learning and pronouncing nonwords have been extensively studied, much less is known about the contribution of children's oromotor skills to this process. Method: Two independent cohorts of children (7-13 years [N = 40] and 6.9-7.7 years [N = 37]) were tested on a battery of linguistic and nonlinguistic tests, including NWR and oromotor tasks. Results: In both cohorts, individual differences in oromotor control were a significant contributor to NWR abilities; moreover, in an omnibus analysis including experimental and standardized tasks, oromotor control predicted the most unique variance in NWR. Conclusion: Results indicate that nonlinguistic oromotor skills contribute to children's NWR ability and suggest that important aspects of language learning and consequent language deficits may be rooted in the ability to perform complex sensorimotor transformations. (As Provided).
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