Syntactic complexity and verbal working memory in bilingual children with and without Developmental Language Disorder
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20343282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Racha Zebib (0000-0002-7876-4495, Université de Tours, corresponding author), Laurice Tuller (0000-0002-7491-0379, UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, Inserm, France), Cornelia Hamann (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg), Lina Abed Ibrahim (0000-0001-8520-6750, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg), Philippe Prévost (0000-0002-6201-1800, UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, Inserm, France) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 461-484 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | First Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-7237 • E-ISSN: 1740-2344 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0142723719888372 |
| OpenAlex | W2990768386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 49 |
Sentence repetition (SR) tasks have been shown to be excellent indicators of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). However, there is still no consensus about which core ability they measure: language vs. Verbal Short-Term Memory (VSTM) and Verbal Working Memory (WM). Moreover, very few studies have investigated whether variables predicting SR performance differ in children with DLD compared to typically developing (TD) children, especially concerning bilingual children. This article reports on an SR study of 76 5- to 8-year-old bilingual children with ( n = 23) and without ( n = 53) DLD. The Bi-DLD group displayed significantly lower scores than the Bi-TD group on SR and on VSTM and WM measures. Regression analyses showed that SR was mainly linked to WM in the Bi-DLD group, but not in the TD group, where SR was mainly linked to (independent) language measures. This suggests that children with DLD, who have deficient linguistic knowledge, may rely more on their general processing ability (i.e. WM) in contrast to Bi-TD children, whose language skills are normal, and thus can be solicited for SR. Moreover, individual results suggested that performance on SR does not depend on minimal VSTM or WM spans
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Contrast (vision) · Developmental psychology · Linguistics · Repetition (rhetorical device) · Sentence · Short-term memory · Working memory · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |