Sentence Recall by Children with SLI across Two Nonmainstream Dialects of English

Autor/inn/en	Oetting, Janna B.; McDonald, Janet L.; Seidel, Christy M.; Hegarty, Michael
Titel	Sentence Recall by Children with SLI across Two Nonmainstream Dialects of English
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59 (2016) 1, S.183-194 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-15-0036
Schlagwörter	Recall (Psychology); Sentences; Speech Impairments; Language Impairments; Black Dialects; English; Scores; Comparative Analysis; Error Patterns; Grammar; African American Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abberufung; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; English language; Englisch; Fehlertyp; Grammatik; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	Purpose: The inability to accurately recall sentences has proven to be a clinical marker of specific language impairment (SLI); this task yields moderate-to-high levels of sensitivity and specificity. However, it is not yet known if these results hold for speakers of dialects whose nonmainstream grammatical productions overlap with those that are produced at high rates by children with SLI. Method: Using matched groups of 70 African American English speakers and 36 Southern White English speakers and dialect-strategic scoring, we examined children's sentence recall abilities as a function of their dialect and clinical status (SLI vs. typically developing [TD]). Results: For both dialects, the SLI group earned lower sentence recall scores than the TD group with sensitivity and specificity values ranging from 0.80 to 0.94, depending on the analysis. Children with SLI, as compared with TD controls, manifested lower levels of verbatim recall, more ungrammatical recalls when the recall was not exact, and higher levels of error on targeted functional categories, especially those marking tense. Conclusion: When matched groups are examined and dialect-strategic scoring is used, sentence recall yields moderate-to-high levels of diagnostic accuracy to identify SLI within speakers of nonmainstream dialects of English. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01