Lexical-Semantic Organization in Children with Specific Language Impairment

Autor/inn/en	Sheng, Li; McGregor, Karla K.
Titel	Lexical-Semantic Organization in Children with Specific Language Impairment
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 53 (2010) 1, S.146-159 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0160)
Schlagwörter	Semantics; Language Impairments; Organizations (Groups); Semiotics; Evaluation Methods; Feedback (Response); Comparative Analysis; Vocabulary Development; Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Semantik; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Semiotik; Wortschatzarbeit; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Purpose: To determine whether children with specific language impairment (SLI) show deficits in lexical-semantic organization and, if so, whether these deficits are commensurate with their delay in vocabulary size and whether the deficits affect all children with SLI. Method: Fourteen children with SLI, 14 age matches (AM), and 14 expressive vocabulary matches (VM) generated 3 associations to each of 48 words. Associations were coded as semantic (e.g., "dog"-"pet"), clang (e.g., "cow"-"how"), or erroneous (e.g., "spoon"-"Disney"). Results: Relative to the AM children, children with SLI produced fewer semantic responses, more clangs, and more errors. Relative to the VM children, fewer semantic responses and more errors in the children with SLI were found in by-item analyses. Across elicitation trials, semantic responses decreased in the AM and VM children but remained stable in the SLI children. Examination of individual performance in the SLI group revealed that poor semantic performance was associated with a deficit in expressive vocabulary and a gap between receptive and expressive vocabularies. Conclusions: Significant variability in lexical-semantic organization skills exists among children with SLI. Deficits in lexical--semantic organization were demonstrated by a subgroup of children with SLI who likely had concomitant word-finding difficulties. (As Provided).
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