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- Title
Neural Correlates of Telicity in Spanish-Speaking Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder.
- Authors
Urrutia, Mabel; Sanhueza, Soraya; Marrero, Hipólito; Pino, Esteban J.; Troncoso-Seguel, María
- Abstract
Background: It is broadly acknowledged that children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) show verb-related limitations. While most previous studies have focused on tense, the mastery of lexical aspect—particularly telicity—has not been the primary focus of much research. Lexical aspect refers to whether an action has a defined endpoint (telic verbs) or not (atelic verbs). Objective: This study investigates the effect of telicity on verb recognition in Chilean children with DLD compared to their typically developing (TD) peers using the Event-Related Potential (ERP) technique. Method: The research design is a mixed factorial design with between-group factors of 2 (DLD/TD) and within-group factors of 2 (telic/atelic verbs) and 2 (coherent/incoherent sentences). The participants were 36 school-aged children (18 DLD, 18 TD) aged 7 to 7 years and 11 months. The task required subjects to listen to sentences that either matched or did not match an action in a video, with sentences including telic or atelic verbs. Results: The study found notable differences between groups in how they processed verbs (N400 and post-N400 components) and direct objects (N400 and P600 components). Conclusions: Children with DLD struggled to differentiate telic and atelic verbs, potentially because they employed overgeneralization strategies consistent with the Event Structural Bootstrapping model.
- Subjects
COMPARATIVE grammar; LANGUAGE disorders in children; CHILDREN with disabilities; ELEMENTARY schools; TASK performance; COMPUTER software; T-test (Statistics); RESEARCH funding; PHONOLOGICAL awareness; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; LINGUISTICS; CHILEANS; EXPERIMENTAL design; SPANISH language; SCHOOL children; ANALYSIS of variance; HEARING levels; LANGUAGE acquisition
- Publication
Children, 2024, Vol 11, Issue 8, p982
- ISSN
2227-9067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/children11080982