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| Title: | The production of passives by children with specific language impairment: Acquiring English or Cantonese |
| Author: | Anita M. Y. Wong |
| Institution: | University of Hong Kong |
| Laurence B. Leonard | |
| Institution: | Purdue University |
| Stephanie F. Stokes | |
| Institution: | University of Canterbury |
| Linguistic Field: | Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Syntax |
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English
Chinese, Yue |
| Abstract: | The production of passive sentences by children with specific language impairment (SLI) was studied in two languages, English and Cantonese. In both languages, the word order required for passive sentences differs from the word order used for active sentences. However, English and Cantonese passive sentences are quite different in other respects. We found that English-speaking children with SLI were less proficient than both same-age and younger typically developing peers in the use of passives, although difficulty could not be attributed to word order or a reliance on active sentences. Cantonese-speaking children with SLI proved less capable than same-age peers in their use of passive sentences but at least as proficient as younger peers. The implications of these cross-linguistic differences are discussed. |
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This article appears in Applied Psycholinguistics Vol. 27, Issue 2, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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