Developmental patterns of Spanish grammatical morphemes and mean length of utterance in bilingual children

The purpose of this analysis was to define norms for grammatical morpheme development in Spanish for Spanish-English bilingual children ages 4;0-7;6. This study uses secondary data analysis based on two existing datasets. Participants included 334 Spanish-English bilingual children that were recruited from school districts in Texas, Utah, and Pennsylvania. Grammatical morpheme accuracy was determined by performance on the BESA (Bilingual English Spanish Assessment) (Peña, Gutiérrez-Clellen et al., in preparation). Mean length of utterance in words (MLUw) data was collected from language samples. The average percent accuracy of grammatical morphemes was calculated and analyzed as a function of MLUw in Spanish. Results show that the percentage of accurately produced morphemes has a general upward trend as MLUw increases. Clinical and research implications are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Grantor

The University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Lovgren-Uribe, Samantha Doline

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Bedore, Lisa M.

• Bilingualism
• Spanish-English bilinguals
• Grammatical morphemes
• Morphosyntax, Mean length of utterance in words
• Bilingual language assessment
• Bilingual language acquisition
• Bilingual language development
• Typical development

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22395

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/22395