The acquisition of some dimensional adjectives by both normal and language-impaired children
South African Journal of Communication Disorders
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The acquisition of some dimensional adjectives by both normal and language-impaired children | |
| Creator | Wright, Susan G. | |
| Description | The main aim of this study was to assess various predictions made by H. and E. Clark with respect to the acquisition of certain dimensional adjectives. In addition, the performance of children with impaired language skills was compared with that of children with normally developing language. Eighteen subjects in the age range 3,3 to 4 years were divided into two groups; those with adequate language (C group) and those with impaired language (E group). The dimensional adjective pairs of "length", "tallness" and "width" were investigated on comprehension tasks of increasing dimensionality. A qualitative analysis of the data, for both C and Ε groups, revealed findings supporting the predictions concerning the order of dimensional adjective acquisition in terms of semantic complexity, the acquisition of the unmarked pair member before the marked member, and the acquisition of the concept of polarity before dimensionality. A quantitative analysis of the data revealed significant differences between the C and Ε groups on a few tasks only. Implications for the researcher and speech therapist are considered. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1981-11-11 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajcd.v28i1.359 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Communication Disorders; Vol 28, No 1 (1981); 127–140 2225-4765 0379-8046 | |
| Language | eng | |
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