Tense over Time: The Longitudinal Course of Tense Acquisition in Children with Specific Language Impairment.

Rice, Mabel L.; Wexler, Kenneth; Hershberger, Scott

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ERIC Number: EJ577402

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Tense over Time: The Longitudinal Course of Tense Acquisition in Children with Specific Language Impairment.

Rice, Mabel L.; Wexler, Kenneth; Hershberger, Scott

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v41 n6 p1412-31 Dec 1998

A longitudinal study of 43 typical children (ages 2 to 8) and 21 children with specific language impairments (SLI) found that a diverse set of morphemes share the property of tense marking, that acquisition shows linear and nonlinear components, and that mean length of utterance predicts rate of acquisition. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Longitudinal Studies, Morphemes, Predictor Variables, Syntax, Tenses (Grammar)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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