Syntactic comprehension in young poor readers.
| Number | 714 |
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| Year | 1990 |
| Drawer | 13 |
| Entry Date | 11/15/1999 |
| Authors | Smith, S. T., Macaruso, P., Shankweiler, D., & Crain, S. |
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| Publication | Applied Psycholinguistics, 10, 429-454. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0714.pdf |
| Abstract | Tested 34 2nd-grade good and poor readers on spoken sentences with restrictive relative clauses in 2 experiments (object manipulation test [Exp 1] and sentence-picture matching test [Exp 2]) designed to minimize demands on working memory. Methodological innovations resulted in a high level of performance by both reader groups, demonstrating knowledge of relative clause structure. Poor readers' performance closely paralleled that of the good readers both in pattern of errors and in awareness of the pragmatic aspects of relative clauses. Findings suggest that limitations in processing (and not syntactic lag) account for comprehension difficulties previously displayed by poor readers. |
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