Language abilities of 18-month-old Zulu speakers
South African Journal of Communication Disorders
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Language abilities of 18-month-old Zulu speakers | |
| Creator | Bortz, Melissa A. | |
| Description | The receptive, expressive and pragmatic language abilities of 18-month-old Zulu speakers were assessed in order to obtain preliminary norms. Twenty-five participants of the Birth to Ten cohort study were investigated using parents reports, mother-child and tester-child interactions. Data was transcribed and analysed using nonparametric statistics. Results demonstrated that receptively subjects understood two-part instructions. Expressively, the mean lexicon was 4.12 words and mean length utterance 0.65. Pragmatically, subjects were functioning on a nonverbal level and exhibited culture-spesific items. The results provided information which could enable speech, language and hearing therapists to engage in primary and secondary prevention. An appropriate test battery for these children discussed. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1992-12-31 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajcd.v39i1.273 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Communication Disorders; Vol 39, No 1 (1992); 25–34 2225-4765 0379-8046 | |
| Language | eng | |
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