Past tense production in children with SLI and bilingual children

Judith Rispens, Elise de Bree

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Abstract

We investigated whether (1) 7–9-year-old children with SLI, bilingual children (BIL) and monolingual (TD) children differed on Dutch past tense production of real and pseudo-verbs and (2) whether non-word repetition (NWR), receptive vocabulary, and group status contributed to past tense production. Past tense patterned as SLI < BIL < TD, for NWR as SLI < BIL = TD and for vocabulary SLI = BIL < TD. Vocabulary and SLI group status were significant predictors of real-verb past tense inflection. SLI and bilingual group status were predictors of pseudo-verb past tense inflection. These findings confirm the association between vocabulary and past tense and the difficulty that children with SLI and bilingual children have with both skills.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCross-linguistic Influence in Bilingualism
Subtitle of host publicationIn honor of Aafke Hulk
EditorsElma Blom, Leonie Cornips, Jeannette Schaeffer
PublisherDe Gruyter
Pages259-278
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9789027265616
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Nov 2017

Publication series

NameStudies in Bilingualism
PublisherDe Gruyter
Volume52

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