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Testing for a specific syntactic structure.

A Mulac, C A Prutting, C N Tomlinson

    Journal of Communication Disorders
    |July 1, 1978
    PubMed
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    This study found that language-delayed children can produce "is interrogative" structures. Tasks requiring communicative intention and context were most effective for eliciting these grammatical forms.

    Area of Science:

    • Child language acquisition
    • Developmental linguistics
    • Clinical linguistics

    Background:

    • Children with language delays often struggle with specific grammatical structures.
    • The "is interrogative" structure is a key component of question formation in English.
    • Assessing the elicitation of specific syntactic structures is crucial for intervention.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To compare the effectiveness of different language tasks in eliciting "is interrogative" utterances from language-delayed children.
    • To identify task characteristics that facilitate the production of specific grammatical structures.
    • To understand individual differences in response to language elicitation tasks.

    Main Methods:

    • Nine language-delayed children who previously failed an "is interrogative" test were studied.

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  • Six investigator-designed language tasks were used, varying in structure, context, and communicative intent.
  • Syntactic performance was analyzed across tasks, from imitative to spontaneous language sampling.

    • Main Results:

    • All nine subjects produced complete grammatical "is interrogative" utterances on at least one task.
    • Tasks with communicative intention, contextual referents, and structure were most effective.
    • Direct imitation was more effective than spontaneous sampling, but task effectiveness varied per child.

    Conclusions:

    • Language-delayed children can produce "is interrogative" structures with appropriate task design.
    • Communicative intent and contextual support are key factors in eliciting target language structures.
    • Individualized approaches are necessary, as task effectiveness varies among children.