Conversational behaviour of children with Developmental Language Delay and their caretakers

International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
Hans van BalkomMarjolijn van Weerdenburg

Abstract

A subset of children with Developmental Language Delay (DLD) encountered difficulties with the regulation of spoken discourse. In the conversations of caretakers with DLD children, several studies report difficulties with turn-taking, a proneness to use the non-verbal register, child and caretaker problems with topic management. Longitudinal research has yet to be conducted on the conversational behaviour of young DLD children and their caretakers. The study investigates the development of style and structure of conversations between preschool-aged DLD children and their caretakers. In a longitudinal design, language samples from twelve DLD children and six Normal Language-Acquiring (NLA) children and their caretakers were recorded in semi-structured play situations at two-month intervals across a period of 18 months. The children were between 2 and 3 years of age at the start of the study. The data show that the DLD children predominantly use restricted linguistic forms, non-verbal register and experience difficulties with turn-taking, topic initiation and topic maintenance. The conversational style of the caretakers in dialogue with their DLD children consistently showed more attention-gathering turns, formulaic corrections, ...Continue Reading

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May 2, 2013·Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology·Christina Samuelsson, Björn Lyxell
Dec 13, 2016·Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie·Anne RößnerViola Kappel
Nov 6, 2018·International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders·Jodie SmithSharon Goldfeld
Jan 11, 2014·CoDAS·Suelly Cecilia Olivan LimongiAngela Maria de Amorim Carvalho

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