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Expressions of past time by normal and language-impaired children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Mary Evelyn Moore  and
Judith R. Johnston
Mary Evelyn Moore*
Affiliation:
Illinois State University
Judith R. Johnston
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia
*
Mary Evelyn Moore, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology 4720, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761-6901
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Abstract

This study investigated possible developmental asynchrony in children with specific language impairment (SL1). This was accomplished by comparing the development of temporal expressions of past reference in two linguistic domains. Verb tense and temporal adverbs served as representatives of the morphological and lexical domains. A cross-sectional design was used with four groups of subjects (N = 48) from 3 to 5 years old. Three groups had normal language and one group had impaired language. Results indicated that the performances of SLI children were similar to those of their 3-year-old language peers on the verb tasks and similar to the 4-year-olds on the adverb tasks. Such differential delays provide direct experimental evidence for asynchronous language development in SLI children.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , October 1993 , pp. 515 - 534
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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