Expressive vocabulary development in children with DownsSyndrome

By: Kumin, Libby (et al).
Series: Down Syndrome Quarterly 3 (1) 1998: 1-7. 1998Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): DOWN SYNDROME | EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE | LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT | VOCABULARYSummary: Expressive vocabulary development in 168 children with Down Syndrome from one to eight years of age was studied using The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory / Words and Sentences a parent report measure. Areas evaluated included volcabulory growth, gender differentences, referential and grammatical vocabulary, multiword combinations, use of plurals, tense markers, and possessive markers. Results indicated vocabulory growth and a specific demarcation in expressive semantic usage as children with Downs Syndrome reach school age. There were significant differences found related to gender and referential amd grammatical vocabulory usage. Developmental information related to multiword combinations, use of plurals tense markers and other areas of expressive vocabulory development are discussed. Implications for assessment and treatment are included. [AJ].
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Expressive vocabulary development in 168 children with Down Syndrome from one to eight years of age was studied using The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory / Words and Sentences a parent report measure. Areas evaluated included volcabulory growth, gender differentences, referential and grammatical vocabulary, multiword combinations, use of plurals, tense markers, and possessive markers. Results indicated vocabulory growth and a specific demarcation in expressive semantic usage as children with Downs Syndrome reach school age. There were significant differences found related to gender and referential amd grammatical vocabulory usage. Developmental information related to multiword combinations, use of plurals tense markers and other areas of expressive vocabulory development are discussed. Implications for assessment and treatment are included. [AJ].

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