The Morphosyntactic Features of the Language of Jordanian Arabic-Speaking Children With Developmental Language Disorders
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https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1507.12Keywords:
developmental language disorders, agreement, determiners, prepositions, morphosyntactic deficitsAbstract
This paper investigated the morphosyntactic features in the speech of Arabic-speaking children with Developmental Language Disorders. Four aspects of morphosyntax were examined: tense, subject-verb agreement, the use of determiners and the use of prepositions. A total of fifty Jordanian Arabic-speaking children participated in the study. The participants were divided into two groups: a group of children with Developmental Language Disorders, and an age-matched group of normally developing children. The primary data collection tools included the Picture Description Task, the Spontaneous Speech Sample, and the Storytelling Activity with a Series of Pictures. The results showed significant differences between both groups regarding the correct usage of verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, articles, and prepositions.
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