Effect of Sampling Contexts on Children's Use of Tense Markers
Does children's usage of tense markers (e.g., -ed) vary with different speaking situations?
Project description
The study aims to investigate the extent to which sampling contexts (e.g., free play, picture description, story telling) affect children's use of English tense markers (e.g., past tense -ed, be verbs, third person singular present -s). Percent correct usage of tense markers combined will be computed. Differences in percent correct usage of tense markers between the sampling contexts will be evaluated. Results may assist clinicians in assessing children's development of grammatical skills, in general, and tense marking skills, in specific.
Project outcome
Students will make a poster or write a paper based on the data they collect and analyze.
Project details
| Length of commitment | About a semester |
| Start time | Fall, Spring |
| In-person, remote, or hybrid? | Hybrid |
| Level of collaboration | Individual Student Project |
| Benefits | Potential academic Credit |
| Who is eligible | Juniors and seniors who have taken a course in language development (CDS 301) or an equivalent. |
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Preparation activities
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- Finite Verb Morphology Composite Between Age 4 and Age 9 for the Edmonton Narrative NormsInstrument: Reference Data and Psychometric Properties
- Review this poster, which demonstrates how children's use of tense markers was tested and analyzed in one of our lab projects.
Keywords
communicative disorders, language, children, development, communication, linguistics, speech