Li Sheng|Karla K. McGregor
Lexical–Semantic Organization in Children With Specific Language Impairment
The University of Texas at Austin|University of Iowa|Google (United States)|The University of Texas at Austin|University of Iowa|Google (United States)
purpose determine whether children specific language impairment sli show deficits lexicalsemantic organization whether deficits commensurate delay vocabulary size whether deficits affect children sli method fourteen children sli 14 age matches 14 expressive vocabulary matches vm generated 3 associations 48 words associations coded semantic eg dog pet clang eg cow erroneous eg spoon disney results relative children children sli produced fewer semantic responses clangs errors relative vm children fewer semantic responses errors children sli found byitem analyses across elicitation trials semantic responses decreased vm children remained stable sli children examination individual performance sli group revealed poor semantic performance associated deficit expressive vocabulary gap receptive expressive vocabularies conclusions significant variability lexicalsemantic organization skills exists among children sli deficits lexicalsemantic organization demonstrated subgroup children sli likely concomitant wordfinding difficulties