scholarly journals Flexible Word Definition of School-Aged Children with Specific Language Impairment

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moon Ja Shin ◽  
Hee Ran Lee
Keyword(s):  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Word Definition

Jumping around and leaving things out: A profile of the narrative abilities of children with specific language impairment

1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Elisabeth Miranda ◽  
Allyssa McCabe ◽  
Lynn S. Bliss
Keyword(s):  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Discourse Coherence ◽  
Heavy Burden ◽  
Event Sequencing ◽  
Experimental Group

ABSTRACTThis article investigates the discourse coherence of school-aged children with specific language impairment (SLI). The following dimensions of discourse are analyzed: topic maintenance, event sequencing, explicitness (including referencing), conjunctive cohesion, and fluency. The personal narratives of the children in the experimental group were compared with those produced by two groups of children with normal language development, one group matched by chronological age and the other matched by language level. The narratives of the children with SLI were significantly impaired compared with both control groups with respect to all five dimensions of narration, although impairment was far more pronounced for topic maintenance, event sequencing, and implicitness than it was for conjunctive cohesion or fluency. The former serious impairments place a heavy burden on listeners. Theoretical and clinical implications of the results are discussed.

Present and Future Possibilities for Defining a Phenotype for Specific Language Impairment

1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1275-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Tager-Flusberg ◽  
Judith Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
Priority Areas ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Research Recommendations

This brief report summarizes a workshop that was held at the National Institutes of Health in April 1998. The goal of the workshop was to further the development of a definition for the phenotype of specific language impairment (SLI). The report includes a discussion of research recommendations that will refine our current views of the definition of the SLI phenotype and sets out priority areas that are in need of further study to help advance understanding of this complex languagebased disorder.

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