A Comparison of Oral Narratives in Children with Specific Language and Non-Specific Language Impairment

Autor/inn/en	Pearce, Wendy M.; James, Deborah G. H.; McCormack, Paul F.
Titel	A Comparison of Oral Narratives in Children with Specific Language and Non-Specific Language Impairment
Quelle	In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 24 (2010) 8, S.622-645 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0269-9206
DOI	10.3109/02699201003736403
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Linguistics; Language Impairments; Comparative Analysis; Oral Language; Young Children; Personal Narratives; Language Skills; Connected Discourse; Measures (Individuals); Nonverbal Ability; Correlation; Maturity (Individuals); Task Analysis; Cognitive Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistik; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Frühe Kindheit; Erlebniserzählung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Messdaten; Korrelation; Reifung; Aufgabenanalyse; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	This research investigated whether children with specific language impairment (SLI) and non-specific language impairment (NLI) could be differentiated by their oral narrative characteristics. Oral narrative samples were collected from 69 children and comparisons were made among four groups of participants. The two language impairment groups (SLI and NLI), aged 4;11-6;03, were matched for age and their linguistics skills. Their oral narratives were compared between these diagnostic groups and with age-matched and language-matched control groups. Measures of narrative structure, cohesion, and information did not significantly differentiate the SLI and NLI groups, suggesting that the influence of their similar linguistic skills on oral narrative measures was stronger than the influence of their differing non-verbal cognition. The SLI group produced significantly more complex and informative oral narratives than the language-matched group, while the NLI group differed from the language-matched group on fewer measures. Interactions among linguistic, cognitive, maturational, and task factors are discussed. (Contains 8 tables.) (As Provided).
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