The use of the LITMUS quasi-universal nonword repetition task to identify DLD in monolingual and early second language learners aged 8 to 10
- This study evaluates whether the short version of the German LITMUS quasi-universal nonword repetition task (LITMUS-QU-NWR) can be used as an index test for monolingual and early second language learners (eL2) of German aged 8 to 10 years. The NWR taps into quasi-universal phonological knowledge via the so-called language-independent part and into language-specific phonological knowledge via the language-dependent part. Thirty-six monolingual and thirty-three eL2 learners of German, typically developing (TD) and diagnosed as language-impaired (DLD), participated in the study. The effects of the language group (Mo vs. eL2) and the clinical status (TD vs. DLD) on repetition accuracy are investigated by a logistic mixed-model analysis. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) and likelihood ratios are calculated to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the two parts. The group comparisons showed significant effects of the clinical status but not of the language group. The ROC analyses and the likelihood ratios reveal better diagnostic values for the language-dependent compared to the language-independent part and almost similar diagnostic values for the monolingual and the eL2 group. The results indicate that the LITMUS-QU-NWR helps to disentangle DLD and DLD in monolingual children and eL2 learners aged 8 to 10 years.
Author: | Angela GrimmORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-860548 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7030218 |
ISSN: | 2226-471X |
Parent Title (English): | Languages |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Place of publication: | Basel |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/08/15 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/08/15 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2024/08/08 |
Tag: | DLD; German; LITMUS-QU-NWR (German); diagnostic accuracy; early second language learners; monolingual children; nonword repetition; phonological complexity |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 3, art. 218 |
Article Number: | 218 |
Page Number: | 21 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 21 |
Note: | This research was carried out in Project MILA which is part of the Research Center IDeA funded by the LOEWE program for excellency from the State of Hesse. |
Note: | Gefördert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Goethe-Universität. |
HeBIS-PPN: | 520876067 |
Institutes: | Neuere Philologien |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik | |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds: | Neuere Philologien |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |