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Tense Over Time: The Longitudinal Course of Tense Acquisition in Children With Specific Language Impairment

Rice, Mabel L., Wexler, Kenneth, Hershberger, Scott·1998·Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
DOI 10.1044/jslhr.4106.1412
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Tense marking in English is relatively late appearing and is especially late for children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). Little is known about the full course of acquisition for this set of morphemes. Because tense marking is a fundamental property of clause construction, it is central to current theories of morphosyntax and language acquisition. A longitudinal study is reported that encompasses the years of 2;6–8;9 years for typically developing children (N=43) and 4;6–8;8 years for children with SLI (N=21). The findings show that a diverse set of morphemes share the property of tense marking; that this set is not mastered until age 4 years in typically developing children and after 7 years for children with SLI; that acquisition shows linear and nonlinear components for both groups, in a typical S-shaped curve; and that nonsyntactic measures are not predictors of growth (including nonverbal intelligence, vocabulary size, and mother’s education), whereas initial MLU does predict rate of acquisition. The findings are consistent with a model of Optional Infinitives (OI) for typically developing children (cf. Wexler, 1994, 1996) and Extended Optional Infinitives (EOI) for children with SLI. This model hypothesizes incomplete specification of features of tense that are represented in the grammar.

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Authors
Rice, M. L., Wexler, K., & Hershberger, S.
Venue
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Publisher
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Published
1998-12
Volume
41
Issue
6
Pages
1412-1431
ISSN
  • 1092-4388 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-9102
DOI
10.1044/jslhr.4106.1412
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W1986469334
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526
References
52
FWCI
16.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Rice, M. L., Wexler, K., & Hershberger, S. (1998). Tense Over Time: The Longitudinal Course of Tense Acquisition in Children With Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. https://doi.org/10.1044/jslhr.4106.1412

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