This study was conducted to determine whether or not dialectal differences could be measured in a language sample. The author utilized samples from a different study of children diagnosed with a specific language impairment. The purpose of this study is to explore the potential dialectal differences of children who have been diagnosed with a specific language impairment and speak either Southern White English (SWE) or Southern African American English (SAAE).
This study’s purpose arose from a lack of information in studying SLI in children who speak nonmainstream patterns. Several studies, as cited by the author, have suggested that nonmainstream pattern possibilities be excluded when collecting a language sample to diagnose an SLI (Battle, …show more content…
(b) Can effects of SLI be observed within the context of these nonmainstream patterns? and (c) If effects of SLI are observed, do these effects differ as a function of the type of dialect spoken?
Participants were 93 children who were participants of previous studies, one conducted by Oetting in 1999 and another study completed by Oetting and Horohov in 1997. These participants contained 40 children who spoke SAAE and 53 children who spoke SWE. Dialect differences were determined based on race. Thirty one of the children had an SLI, 31 were normal age matched 6 year olds, and 31 children were normal age matched 4 year olds. Language samples were originally elicited by examiners during the original studies. Examiners were in a quiet room with toys that included baby dolls, mardi gras beads, food sets, legos, a gas station, three pictures from the Apricot I picture series and a park and picnic session. Language samples were taken from the two previous studies and observed for dialectal differences. The videos from these studies were watched again and transcribed. Each video was transcribed by several clinicians and discrepancies were settled. The samples were measured in a discriminate analysis and an analysis of variance. The analysis of variance was a three way analysis between the dialect and the child groups. Dialect provided a main effect of a higher percentage in the SAAE group
This study’s purpose arose from a lack of information in studying SLI in children who speak nonmainstream patterns. Several studies, as cited by the author, have suggested that nonmainstream pattern possibilities be excluded when collecting a language sample to diagnose an SLI (Battle, …show more content…
(b) Can effects of SLI be observed within the context of these nonmainstream patterns? and (c) If effects of SLI are observed, do these effects differ as a function of the type of dialect spoken?
Participants were 93 children who were participants of previous studies, one conducted by Oetting in 1999 and another study completed by Oetting and Horohov in 1997. These participants contained 40 children who spoke SAAE and 53 children who spoke SWE. Dialect differences were determined based on race. Thirty one of the children had an SLI, 31 were normal age matched 6 year olds, and 31 children were normal age matched 4 year olds. Language samples were originally elicited by examiners during the original studies. Examiners were in a quiet room with toys that included baby dolls, mardi gras beads, food sets, legos, a gas station, three pictures from the Apricot I picture series and a park and picnic session. Language samples were taken from the two previous studies and observed for dialectal differences. The videos from these studies were watched again and transcribed. Each video was transcribed by several clinicians and discrepancies were settled. The samples were measured in a discriminate analysis and an analysis of variance. The analysis of variance was a three way analysis between the dialect and the child groups. Dialect provided a main effect of a higher percentage in the SAAE group