The role of memory in processing relative clauses in children with Specific Language Impairment

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dc.contributor.authorFrizelle, Pauline
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Paul
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-15T09:09:38Z
dc.date.available2016-04-15T09:09:38Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-12
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This study investigated the relationship between 2 components of memory - phonological short-term memory (pSTM) and working memory (WM) - and the control of relative clause constructions in children with specific language impairment (SLI). Method: Children with SLI and 2 control groups - an age-matched and a younger group of children with typical development - repeated sentences, including relative clauses, representing 5 syntactic roles and 2 levels of matrix clause complexity. The Working Memory Test Battery for Children was administered. Results: All 3 groups showed significant associations between pSTM and both types of matrix clause construction. For children with SLI, significant associations emerged between (a) WM and more complex matrix clause constructions, (b) WM and relative clauses including a range of syntactic roles, and (c) pSTM and the least difficult syntactic role. In contrast, the age-matched control group could repeat almost all syntactic roles without invoking the use of either memory component. Conclusions: The role of pSTM and WM in the production of relative clauses by children with SLI is influenced by the degree of difficulty of the structure to be recalled. In therapy, the effect of WM limitations can be minimized by approaching each structure within the context of a simple matrix clause.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHealth Research Board (Fellowship)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationFRIZELLE, P. & FLETCHER, P. 2015. The role of memory in processing relative clauses in children with specific language impairment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24, 47-59. doi:10.1044/2014_AJSLP-13-0153en
dc.identifier.doi10.1044/2014_AJSLP-13-0153
dc.identifier.endpage59en
dc.identifier.issn1058-0360
dc.identifier.journaltitleAmerican Journal of Speech-Language Pathologyen
dc.identifier.startpage47en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2452
dc.identifier.volume24en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)en
dc.relation.urihttp://ajslp.pubs.asha.org/Article.aspx?articleid=1939237
dc.rights© 2015 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectLanguageen
dc.subjectChilden
dc.subjectMemoryen
dc.subjectShort term memoryen
dc.subjectPhoneticsen
dc.subjectSemanticsen
dc.subjectLinguisticsen
dc.subjectCase control studyen
dc.subjectLanguage development disorderen
dc.subjectLanguage testen
dc.titleThe role of memory in processing relative clauses in children with Specific Language Impairmenten
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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