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1. How early L2 children perform on Italian clinical markers of SLI: A study of clitic production and nonword repetition.

Author

Vender M, Garraffa M, Sorace A, and Guasti MT

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Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Verbal Behavior, Language Development Disorders diagnosis, Language Tests, Multilingualism, Vocabulary
Abstract

Early second language (EL2) learners generally perform more poorly than monolinguals in specific language domains, presenting similarities with children affected by specific language impairment (SLI). As a consequence, it can be difficult to correctly diagnose this disorder in EL2 children. The current study investigated the performance of 120 EL2 and 40 age-matched monolingual children in object clitic production and nonword repetition, which are two sensitive clinical markers of SLI in Italian. Results show that EL2 children underperform in comparison to monolinguals in the clitic task. However, in contrast to what is reported on Italian-speaking children with SLI, EL2 children tend not to omit clitics but instead produce the incorrect form, committing agreement errors. No differences are found between EL2 and monolingual children on nonword repetition. These results suggest that, at least in Italian, EL2 children only superficially resemble children with SLI and, on closer inspection, present a qualitatively and quantitatively different linguistic profile.

Published
2016
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2. Language Acquisition in Diverse Linguistic, Social and Cognitive Circumstances

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Maria Garraffa, Maria Teresa Guasti, Theodoros Marinis, Gary Morgan, Garraffa, M, Guasti, M, Marinis, T, and Morgan, G

Subjects
multilingualism, sign language (SL), lcsh:BF1-990, MEDLINE, BF, vocabulary acquisition, 050105 experimental psychology, second language (L2) acquisition, heritage language (HL), Psychology, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Multilingualism, syntax, GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries), General Psychology, 060201 languages & linguistics, Syntax (programming languages), 05 social sciences, Cognition, 06 humanities and the arts, Language acquisition, Linguistics, P1, bilingualism, syntax, language impairment, language acquisition, lcsh:Psychology, Editorial, 0602 languages and literature, language pathology, ddc:400
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2018

3. How early L2 children perform on Italian clinical markers of SLI: A study of clitic production and nonword repetition

Author

Antonella Sorace, Maria Garraffa, Maria Vender, Maria Teresa Guasti, Vender, M, Garraffa, M, Sorace, A, and Guasti, M

Subjects
Male, Vocabulary, Clitic Production, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Specific language impairment, Language and Linguistics, Clitic, Neuroscience of multilingualism, media_common, Language Impairment, Pronoun, Language Tests, Repetition (rhetorical device), 05 social sciences, clitic production, 06 humanities and the arts, Specific Language Impairment, Linguistics, Italy, Non-Word Repetition, Child, Preschool, 0602 languages and literature, Female, Comprehension, Psychology, Bilingual-Children, Nonword repetition, Cognitive psychology, Linguistics and Language, media_common.quotation_subject, 2nd-Language Acquisition, behavioral disciplines and activities, 050105 experimental psychology, Speech and Hearing, medicine, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Language Development Disorders, nonword repetition, 060201 languages & linguistics, Verbal Behavior, bilingualism, medicine.disease, Agreement, Phonological Working-Memory, Model
Abstract

Early Second Language (EL2) learners generally perform more poorly than monolinguals in specific language domains, presenting similarities with children affected by Specific Language Impairment (SLI). As a consequence, it can be difficult to correctly diagnose this disorder in EL2 children. The current study investigated the performance of 120 EL2 and 40 age-matched monolingual children in object clitic production and non-word repetition, which are two sensitive clinical markers of SLI in Italian. Results show that EL2 children underperform in comparison to monolinguals in the clitic task. However, in contrast to what is reported on Italian-speaking children with SLI, EL2 children tend not to omit clitics but instead produce the incorrect form, committing agreement errors. No differences are found between EL2 and monolingual children on non-word repetition. These results suggest that, at least in Italian, EL2 children only superficially resemble children with SLI and, on closer inspection, present a qualitatively and quantitatively different linguistic profile.

Published
2016

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