Stuttering Frequency in Relation to Lexical Diversity, Syntactic Complexity, and Utterance Length

Autor/inn/en	Wagovich, Stacy A.; Hall, Nancy E.
Titel	Stuttering Frequency in Relation to Lexical Diversity, Syntactic Complexity, and Utterance Length
Quelle	In: Communication Disorders Quarterly, 39 (2018) 2, S.335-345 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-7401
DOI	10.1177/1525740117702454
Schlagwörter	Stuttering; Lexicology; Syntax; Word Frequency; Child Language; Toddlers; Severity (of Disability); Language Fluency; Individual Differences; Time Factors (Learning); Questionnaires; Pretests Posttests; Language Tests; Preschool Education; Verbal Ability; Intelligence Tests; Vocabulary; Statistical Analysis; Young Children; Preschool Language Scale; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stammer; Stottern; Lexikologie; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Schweregrad; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Individueller Unterschied; Fragebogen; Language test; Sprachtest; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Mündliche Leistung; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Wortschatz; Statistische Analyse; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Children's frequency of stuttering can be affected by utterance length, syntactic complexity, and lexical content of language. Using a unique small-scale within-subjects design, this study explored whether language samples that contain more stuttering have (a) longer, (b) syntactically more complex, and (c) lexically more diverse utterances than samples that contain less stuttering. Children who stutter, ages 2 years 1 month to 4 years 11 months, produced 10 monthly language samples. For each child, samples were divided into the first five (early) and the last five (later). Utterance length, syntactic complexity, and lexical diversity analyses were performed on samples that contained the most and least stuttering for early and later samples. For the later samples but not the early ones, samples with the most stuttering contained longer mean lengths of utterance, more diverse vocabulary overall, and greater syntactic complexity than samples with the least stuttering. Contributions of language growth, time, and specific linguistic factors are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01