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Structural and Lexical Case in Child German : Evidence From Language-Impaired and Typically Developing Children

Authors list: Eisenbeiss, S; Bartke, S; Clahsen, H

Publication year: 2006

Pages: 3-32

Journal: Language Acquisition

Volume number: 13

Issue number: 1

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327817la1301_2

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract:

In this study, we examined the system of case marking in two groups of German-speaking children, 5 children with specific language impairment (SLI) and 5 typically developong (TD) children matched to the children with SLI on a general measure of language development. The data from both groups demonstrate high accuracy scores for structural case marking and overapplications of structural cases to instances that require lexical case marking in the adult language. These results, we argue, provide evidence for sensitivity of both TD children and children with SLI for abstract, structure-based regularities and are incompatible with accounts of SLI that posit broad sytactic deficits for these children.

Authors/Editors

- Uni.-Prof. Dr. Susanne van Minnen

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: Eisenbeiss, S., Bartke, S. and Clahsen, H. (2006) Structural and Lexical Case in Child German : Evidence From Language-Impaired and Typically Developing Children, Language Acquisition, 13(1), pp. 3-32. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327817la1301_2

APA Citation style: Eisenbeiss, S., Bartke, S., & Clahsen, H. (2006). Structural and Lexical Case in Child German : Evidence From Language-Impaired and Typically Developing Children. Language Acquisition. 13(1), 3-32. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327817la1301_2