Article (Scientific journals)
Interplay between phonology and syntax in French‐speaking children with specific language impairment
Parisse, Christophe; Maillart, Christelle
2008In International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43, p. 448-472
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
 

Files


Full Text
parisse-ijlcd-final.pdf
Author postprint (298.49 kB)
Download

All documents in ORBi are protected by a user license.

Send to



Details



Keywords :
Specific language impairment; Syntax; language disorders; phonology; French; Dysphasie; troubles du langage; phonologie
Abstract :
[en] Background. This study investigated the relationship between phonological and syntactic disorders of French-speaking children with SLI in production. Aims. This article compares three theories (pure phonological theory, surface theory and mapping theory) of language developmental disorders, all of which view phonological difficulties as the main reason for the children’s problems. Methods and procedures. The linguistic parameters (salience, phonological complexity, syntactic complexity, lexical/functional, semantic/syntactic) (that are fundamental) to these theories were identified. The validity of these parameters was then tested against the phonological and syntactic results obtained by children with SLI and control children. Nine syntactic categories were tested. Outcomes and results. Phonological complexity was the only parameter whose importance was confirmed, and this was only for phonological results. Syntactic complexity did not correlate significantly with children’s difficulties, and the importance of phonological salience was not confirmed for French-speaking children. Mixed results were obtained for the other parameters, including negative correlations, which may call for different explanations. Conclusions. No theory fully explained the observed outcomes. Pure phonological theory was the most parsimonious, but could not explain all the results.
Research center :
CNCC
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Parisse, Christophe
Maillart, Christelle  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Logopédie clinique
Language :
English
Title :
Interplay between phonology and syntax in French‐speaking children with specific language impairment
Alternative titles :
[fr] Interférences entre phonologie et syntaxe chez des enfants dysphasiques francophones
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
ISSN :
1368-2822
eISSN :
1460-6984
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume :
43
Pages :
448-472
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Available on ORBi :
since 04 March 2009

Statistics


Number of views
302 (28 by ULiège)
Number of downloads
273 (17 by ULiège)

Scopus citations®
 
9
Scopus citations®
without self-citations
8
OpenCitations
 
9

Bibliography


Similar publications



Contact ORBi