Poster Title (Current Submission)
The relationship between verb-related omission errors and the use of temporal and non-temporal adverbial clauses in children’s spontaneous language
Major(s)
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Mentor Name
Amanda J. Owen
Mentor Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Abstract
Children are more likely to omit past tense markers in the first clause temporal adverbial sentences (Ernie laughed when Elmo jumped). Owen (in press), following Krantz & Leonard (2007), suggested that these omissions occurred because the adverbial clause indicated temporal information, obviating the need for morphological tense. All utterances containing an adverbial clause and an omission were coded for the clause and error type and location. There were relatively more verb- than noun-related errors in the temporal adverbials but not non-temporal adverbials. Although the locations of the verb errors relative to the adverbial clause differed from chance, this was attributable to non-temporal adverbials.
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The relationship between verb-related omission errors and the use of temporal and non-temporal adverbial clauses in children’s spontaneous language
Children are more likely to omit past tense markers in the first clause temporal adverbial sentences (Ernie laughed when Elmo jumped). Owen (in press), following Krantz & Leonard (2007), suggested that these omissions occurred because the adverbial clause indicated temporal information, obviating the need for morphological tense. All utterances containing an adverbial clause and an omission were coded for the clause and error type and location. There were relatively more verb- than noun-related errors in the temporal adverbials but not non-temporal adverbials. Although the locations of the verb errors relative to the adverbial clause differed from chance, this was attributable to non-temporal adverbials.