Cohesive Adequacy in the Narrative Samples of School-Age Children Who Use African American English

Autor/in	Horton-Ikard, RaMonda
Titel	Cohesive Adequacy in the Narrative Samples of School-Age Children Who Use African American English
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 40 (2009) 4, S.393-402 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
DOI	10.1044/0161-1461(2009/07-0070)
Schlagwörter	African American Children; Black Dialects; Language Impairments; North American English; Age Differences; Cognitive Development; Child Development; Evaluation Methods; Elementary Education; Comparative Analysis + 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; Amerikanisches Englisch; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Elementarunterricht
Abstract	Purpose: This study explored the type and adequacy of cohesive devices that are produced by school-age children who use African American English (AAE). Method: The language samples of 33 African American children, ages 7, 9, and 11 years, were transcribed, analyzed, and coded for AAE use and cohesive adequacy (e.g., personal reference, demonstrative reference, lexical, and conjunctive markers). Results: There were 2 AAE features that child speakers used for cohesive purposes. Adequacy rates for personal reference cohesive devices were higher than for the other 3 categories. Age was a significant factor in the use and adequacy of cohesive devices. Conclusion: Typically developing African American children use the same category types of cohesive devices that have been reported for their peers who speak Standard American English. Further examination of cohesive adequacy to identify language impairment in school-age AAE speakers is warranted. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10