ADULT LINGUISTIC INTERACTION WITH SPECIFIC LANGUAGE DISORDERED AND NORMALLY DEVELOPING CHILDREN.
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Title
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ADULT LINGUISTIC INTERACTION WITH SPECIFIC LANGUAGE DISORDERED AND NORMALLY DEVELOPING CHILDREN.
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Identifier
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AAI8508707
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identifier
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8508707
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Creator
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JOHNSON, BONNIE D.
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Contributor
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Peg Lahey
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Date
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1985
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Health Sciences, Speech Pathology
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Abstract
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This study examined discourse and functional aspects of mothers' an adults' linguistic interaction with specific language disordered (SLD) children, age-matched (AM) normally developing children, and language-matched (LM) normally developing children (mean length of utterance was the matching criteria). Four mother-child dyads constituted each group. Additionally, four adult strangers were included in the study. Each of these adults interacted with three of the children, one from each of the three groups.;The results of this study provide convincing evidence for the role of the child's language level in shaping the discourse and functional aspects of mother-child speech. Mothers of SLD children were strikingly similar to mothers of younger LM children in their response types, functions, and use of self repetitions. Significant differences in all of these aspects were found when comparing each of these two groups to the AM mother-child dyads. Results of the adult stranger-child interaction were remarkably similar to that of the mothers.;Unlike the findings of previous research, this study suggested that the SLD mothers were generally sensitive to their child's language or other behaviors. Extreme individual differences in certain aspects of the linguistic interaction provided by the mothers of SLD children, however, were evident. That is, some of the mothers of SLD children used a high proportion of nonresponses and/or utterances unrelated to the child's focus of attention. Use of these features can be argued to be nonconducive to the child's linguistic learning. The adult strangers, in contrast, did not use a similar proportion of these two parameters during interaction with the same SLD children. This suggests that these mothers' use of the parameters nonresponse and unrelated utterances may not be reponsive to the child's language level.;Further analysis of the data indicated, however, that the mothers' use of these features may be shaped by certain characteristics of their SLD child's conversational language use or other behaviors. If so, decisions concerning whether clinical modification of the mother's language is necessary must be carefully considered. Further research to determine what influences the adults' interaction patterns and the effect of these on the SLD child's language learning is warranted.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Speech & Hearing
