Subject-Verb Agreement and Verbal Short-Term Memory: A Perspective from Greek Children with Specific Language Impairment

Autor/inn/en	Lalioti, Marina; Stavrakaki, Stavroula; Manouilidou, Christina; Talli, Ioanna
Titel	Subject-Verb Agreement and Verbal Short-Term Memory: A Perspective from Greek Children with Specific Language Impairment
Quelle	In: First Language, 36 (2016) 3, S.279-294 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/0142723716648844
Schlagwörter	Verbs; Grammar; Language Acquisition; Form Classes (Languages); Greek; Short Term Memory; Control Groups; Comparative Analysis; Task Analysis; Reaction Time; Metalinguistics; Language Impairments; Verbal Ability; Foreign Countries; Diagnostic Tests; Intelligence Tests; Preschool Children; Syntax; Morphology (Languages); Statistical Analysis; Listening Skills; Oral Language; Nonparametric Statistics; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grammatik; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Analytischer Sprachbau; Grieche; Griechisch; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Aufgabenanalyse; Reaktionsvermögen; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Mündliche Leistung; Ausland; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Morphology; Morphologie; Statistische Analyse; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Griechenland
Abstract	This study investigated the performance of school age Greek-speaking children with SLI on verbal short-term memory (VSTM) and Subject-Verb (S-V) agreement in comparison to chronological age controls and younger typically developing children. VSTM abilities were assessed by means of a non-word repetition task (NRT) and an elicited production task, an off-line grammaticality judgment (GJ) task, and an on-line self-paced listening task were employed to examine S-V agreement abilities. The study found significant between-group differences in the NRT and the off-line GJ task. No significant between-group differences were found for the S-V agreement production task and for reaction times of the on-line task. The authors argue that the children with SLI showed increased grammatical sensitivity in S-V agreement and relate their lower performance on the off-line GJ task to the task's metalinguistic demands. The findings suggest that deficits in VSTM constitute a robust marker for SLI and claim that S-V agreement can be acquired by SLI individuals with apparent limitations in VSTM. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01