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Prediction of production: Elicited imitation and spontaneous speech productions of language disordered children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Margaret Lahey ,
Patricia B. Launer  and
Naomi Schiff-Myers
Margaret Lahey*
Affiliation:
Hunter College of the City University of New York
Patricia B. Launer
Affiliation:
San Diego State University, California
Naomi Schiff-Myers
Affiliation:
Montclair State College, New Jersey
*
Margaret Lahey, Box 613, Hunter College School of Health Sciences, 425 East 25th Streeth, New York, New York 10010
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Abstract

Two forms of an imitation task designed to elicit eleven language behaviors were presented to 32 language impaired children (mean age 7;4, mean MLU 2.9). The tasks differed in terms of the presence or absence of contextual support. To determine how well the imitation tasks could predict spontaneous productions, a multiple regression analysis was performed using the children's spontaneous productions of each behavior as the criterion variable and responses to the same behaviors on each imitation task plus age, sex, MLU, and a measure of memory as predictor variables. The major finding was that predictions of spontaneous production varied among the eleven language behaviors. Additionally, the presence of contextual support had little effect.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , December 1983 , pp. 317 - 343
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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