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Commun Sci Disord. 2003;8(3): 22-39.
Effects of Semantic Priming on Word-Finding Ability of Children with Specific Language Impairment
Yoon Kyoung Lee` , and Young Tae Kim`
Copyright ©2003 The Korean Academy of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
이윤경(Yoon Kyoung Lee)| 김영태(Young Tae Kim)
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ABSTRACT
Word finding deficit is one of the language characteristics of children with specific language impairment(SLI). The present study was designed to compare word-finding abilities between children with SLI and normal children and to account for the word-finding problem in terms of lexical processing. Forty-five children participated in this study: 15 children with specific language impairment(SLI group) whose language age were 4;6-6;6, 15 normal children chronological-age matched with the SLI children(CA controls), and 15 normal children matched on a composite index of language age with the SLI children(LA controls). Pictures-naming task was used in two conditions to account for the lexical processing of children with SLI. The presentation of the pictures was preceded by a semantic-related priming in one condition, and a non-related priming in the other condition. Frequency and type of errors in picture naming task were analysed. The principal findings of the study were as follows: (1) The SLI group, the CA controls, and the LA controls produced less errors with semantic-related priming than non-related priming. This means that word- finding is improved by the semantic priming. (2) Error type analysis showed that in the SLI group the number of semantic errors changed less with semantic-related priming than the CA controls and the LA controls. The CA controls and the LA controls produced many more semantic errors and fewer of other of errors with semantic-related priming than non-related priming. The results of the study imply that children with SLI have difficulty in lexical processing on the semantic level.
Keywords: 단순언어장애 | 낱말찾기 | 의미적 점화 | 오류분석 | 어휘처리과정 | SLI | word-finding problem
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