Grammar as a Maturational Controlled Behavior: Minimality in Development and Impairment

Garraffa, Maria

doi:10.5964/bioling.9097

Bioling

2017

DOI: 10.5964/bioling.9097

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Grammar as a Maturational Controlled Behavior: Minimality in Development and Impairment

Maria Garraffa

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The comprehension and production of Wh- questions among Malay children with developmental language disorders: Climbing the syntactic tree

Bakar

Smith²,

Razak³

et al. 2022

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This study is an investigation of both comprehension and production of Wh- questions in Malay-speaking children with a developmental language disorder (DLD). A total of 15 Malay children with DLD (ages 7;0–9;11 years) were tested on a set of Wh- questions (who subject and object, which subject and object), comparing their performance with two control groups [15 age-matched typically developing (TD) children and 15 younger TD language-matched children]. Malay children with DLD showed a clear asymmetry in comprehension of Wh- questions, with a selective impairment for which NP questions compared with who questions. Age-matched controls performed at ceiling in all Wh- questions, while the language-matched group reported a subject/object asymmetry selective for the which NP, as reported in other languages. In production, both children with DLD and younger children showed a preference for questions with in situ Wh- elements, a structure that is allowed in colloquial Malay, but which is not produced by the age-matched TD group. Several non-adult-like strategies were adopted particularly by the children with DLD to avoid complex sentences, including substitution with yes/no echo questions, production of the wrong Wh- question, and use of a generic Wh- element. The study provides an insight on the mastery of Wh- questions in both typical Malay children and children with DLD. Implications for the definition of a clinical marker for DLD in a free word order language with Wh- in situ option will be discussed.

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The comprehension and production of Wh- questions among Malay children with developmental language disorders: Climbing the syntactic tree

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Smith²,

Razak³

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Front. Psychol.

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Grammar as a Maturational Controlled Behavior: Minimality in Development and Impairment

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The comprehension and production of Wh- questions among Malay children with developmental language disorders: Climbing the syntactic tree

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