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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Relative clauses (RCs) are complex grammatical structures.
  • Auditory comprehension of RCs poses challenges for children, particularly those with specific language impairment (SLI).
  • Understanding the factors influencing RC comprehension is crucial for identifying and supporting language development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate auditory comprehension of Japanese sentences with relative clauses (RCs) in children with typical development (TD) and specific language impairment (SLI).
  • To examine the effects of structural complexity, linear distance, and sentence length on RC comprehension.
  • To identify predictors of comprehension performance, including language and working memory abilities.

Main Methods:

  • A picture-pointing task assessed comprehension of object and subject relatives in Japanese sentences of varying lengths.
  • Linear mixed-effects models analyzed accuracy based on deep gap-filler distance (structural complexity) and surface linear distance.
  • Language and working memory tests were administered, with factor analysis identifying key predictors.

Main Results:

  • Children with SLI demonstrated poorer comprehension of RCs compared to TD children.
  • Working memory abilities significantly predicted comprehension of both subject and object relatives.
  • Children with SLI did not show comprehension facilitation with reduced structural complexity or shorter linear distances.
  • TD children made more errors with increased structural complexity but were unaffected by linear distance or sentence length.

Conclusions:

  • Increased deep structure complexity negatively impacts RC comprehension in typically developing Japanese-speaking children.
  • Children with SLI experience significant challenges in comprehending both subject and object relative sentences.
  • Poorer working memory abilities are the primary constraint on the RC comprehension performance of children with SLI.