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Analysis and control in children with SLI
Purpose: E. Bialystok and E. B. Ryan (1985) have outlined two operations, analysis and control, which are required for grammaticality judgments. In this model, analysis is involved in determining the grammaticality of a sentence, and control is required so that irrelevant information is ignored. This study examined these processes in specific language impairment (SLI).
Method: Sixteen children with SLI and 20 typically developing (TD) children between 8;6 (years;months) and 10;6 were presented with a grammatical judgment task. Analysis was measured by recording children's decision times in determining grammaticality. Control was assessed by examining accuracy for judgments made for semantically odd sentences.
Results: Relative to the TD group, it was found that the children with SLI took longer in judging sentences associated with the process of analysis. Children with SLI were also found to have more difficulty, in terms of accuracy, with items requiring control (e.g., semantically odd sentences) than did the TD group.
Conclusion: It is argued that the longer time required for children with SLI to respond to semantically normal sentences reflects a degree of difficulty with completing analysis. The SLI group's lower level of accuracy on semantically odd sentences reflects a problem with a control and is consistent with previously reported problems with cognitive inhibition in SLI
Method: Sixteen children with SLI and 20 typically developing (TD) children between 8;6 (years;months) and 10;6 were presented with a grammatical judgment task. Analysis was measured by recording children's decision times in determining grammaticality. Control was assessed by examining accuracy for judgments made for semantically odd sentences.
Results: Relative to the TD group, it was found that the children with SLI took longer in judging sentences associated with the process of analysis. Children with SLI were also found to have more difficulty, in terms of accuracy, with items requiring control (e.g., semantically odd sentences) than did the TD group.
Conclusion: It is argued that the longer time required for children with SLI to respond to semantically normal sentences reflects a degree of difficulty with completing analysis. The SLI group's lower level of accuracy on semantically odd sentences reflects a problem with a control and is consistent with previously reported problems with cognitive inhibition in SLI
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Journal of speech, language, and hearing researchVolume
50Pagination
1618 - 1630Publisher
American Speech - Language - Hearing AssociationLocation
Rockville, MDPublisher DOI
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1092-4388eISSN
1558-9102Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2007, American Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationUsage metrics
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specific language impairmentmetalinguistic awarenessgrammaticality judgmentsScience & TechnologySocial SciencesLife Sciences & BiomedicineAudiology & Speech-Language PathologyLinguisticsRehabilitationLANGUAGE-DISORDERED CHILDRENWORKING-MEMORYPRODUCTION OPERATIONSATTENTIONAL CONTROLIMPAIRMENTGRAMMATICALITYPERFORMANCELIMITATIONSREPETITIONMORPHOLOGYLinguistics
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