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Title: Measuring the Complex Syntax of School-Aged Children in Language Sample Analysis: A Known-Groups Validation Study
Language: English
Authors: Cahill, Peter (ORCID 0000-0003-0508-4170), Cleave, Patricia, Asp, Elissa, Squires, Bonita (ORCID 0000-0003-0038-0659), Kay-Raining Bird, Elizabeth
Source: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. Sep-Oct 2020 55(5):765-776.
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Descriptors: Syntax, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Bilingual Students, Monolingualism, Bilingualism, English, French, Measures (Individuals)
Geographic Terms: Canada
DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12562
ISSN: 1368-2822
Abstract: Background: Complex syntax is affected by developmental language disorder (DLD) during the school years. Targeting areas of syntactic difficulty for children with DLD may yield useful assessment techniques. Aims: To determine whether wh-movement can be measured in language samples from typically developing mono- and bilingual school-aged children, and, if so, to provide preliminary evidence of validity by comparison with traditional measures of syntax in a cross-sectional, known-groups design. Methods & Procedures: Participants were 48 typically developing children recruited from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia in four groups--monolingual English and bilingual French-English children in early (7-8 years of age) and late (11-12 years of age) elementary school. Language samples were collected and analysed with mean use of wh-movement, mean length of utterance and clausal density. These measures were compared for effects of age, bilingual development and elicitation task. Outcomes & Results: The results from all measures closely paralleled each other, providing preliminary evidence of validity. Wh-movement-based and traditional measures demonstrated similar age-related and discourse genre effects. Neither demonstrated an effect of mono- versus bilingual development. Conclusions & Implications: The results confirm research interest in syntactic movement as an area of language assessment. Further research is required to understand its application to clinical populations.
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