Complex Syntax Production of African American Preschoolers

Complex Syntax Production of African American Preschoolers

This study examined changes in the complex syntax production of 85 African American preschoolers and the role of child (gender, age, African American English) and family (home environment) factors. Age, gender, and home environment effects were found for the amount of complex language used. African...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of speech, language, and hearing research language, and hearing research, 2001-10, Vol.44 (5), p.1083-1096
Hauptverfasser: Jackson, Sandra C, Roberts, Joanne E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
African American Children
African Americans
Age Differences
Analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Black Dialects
Black Students
Child Language
Child, Preschool
Ear and associated structures. Auditory pathways and centers. Hearing. Vocal organ. Phonation. Sound production. Echolocation
Environment
Expressive Language
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Grammar, Comparative and general
Humans
Language
Language Acquisition
Language and languages
Linguistics
Male
Preschool Children
Preschool education
Sex Differences
Speech Production Measurement
Studies
Syntax
Verbal Behavior
Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs
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Zusammenfassung:This study examined changes in the complex syntax production of 85 African American preschoolers and the role of child (gender, age, African American English) and family (home environment) factors. Age, gender, and home environment effects were found for the amount of complex language used. African American English was not related to amount of complex syntax used. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
ISSN:1092-4388
1558-9102
DOI:10.1044/1092-4388(2001/086)