Exploring Sentence Diversity at the Boundary of Typical and Impaired Language Abilities.

ABSTRACT: Purpose This review article summarizes programmatic research on sentence diversity in toddlers developing language typically and explores developmental patterns of sentence diversity in toddlers at risk for specific language impairment. Method The first half of this review article presents a sentence-focused approach to language assessment and intervention and reviews findings from empirical studies of sentence diversity. In the second half, subject and verb diversity in three simple sentence types are explored in an archival database of toddlers with varying levels of grammatical outcomes at 36 months of age: low average, mild/moderate delay, and severe delay. Results Descriptive findings from the archival database replicated previous developmental patterns. All toddlers with low-average

SUBMITTER: Hadley PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8062155 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature