Comprehension of Third Person Singular /s/ in AAE-Speaking Children

Autor/in	Johnson, Valerie E.
Titel	Comprehension of Third Person Singular /s/ in AAE-Speaking Children
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 36 (2005) 2, S.116-124 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
DOI	10.1044/0161-1461(2005/011)
Schlagwörter	African American Children; Black Dialects; Language Impairments; Language Acquisition; Verbs; Grammar; Listening Comprehension; Task Analysis; Measures (Individuals); Morphemes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Grammatik; Hörverständnis; Aufgabenanalyse; Messdaten; Morphem
Abstract	Purpose: This investigation examined the comprehension of third person singular /s/ in 30 African American English (AAE)-speaking children as a subject-number agreement marker on a comprehension task. Method: A comprehension task was presented to 30 typically developing AAE-speaking children between the ages of 4 and 6. The children were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups to hear prerecorded counterbalanced stimuli. The comprehension task was designed to mask plurality of subject; therefore, the children had to focus on the verb as an indicator of subject number. Results: Repeated measure analysis revealed that AAE-speaking children in this investigation did not understand third person singular /s/ as a number agreement marker. An additional analysis, d' (pronounced "d prime"), indicated that the AAE-speaking children are not sensitive to the third person singular /s/ as a clue to subject number. Clinical Implications: The inclusion of comprehension tasks of third person singular /s/ to help diagnose language impairment in this population may be problematic. (Author).
Anmerkungen	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Tel: 301-897-5700, ext. 4164; Fax: 301-897-7348.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10