RT Journal Article
T1 Differences on morphological and phonological processing between typically developing children and children with Down syndrome
A1 Lázaro López-Villaseñor, Miguel
A1 Garayzábal, Elena
A1 Moraleda Sepúlveda, Esther
AB It is widely acknowledged that people with Down syndrome (Ds) have less highly developed morphosyntactic abilities than typically developing (TD) children. However,little is known about the morphological processing of this population. In this paper we carry out two experiments in which the morphological Base Frequency (BF) effect isexplored in both groups. The aim of the experiments is to carry out an in-depth exploration ofmorphological processing in children with Ds and TD children. In the firstexperiment children performed a definition task; in the second children had to provide a plural form for singular words. The results show a significant BF effect in only the firstexperiment. In the second experiment this morphological variable does not reach significance, but the variable we called Ending phoneme (a phonological variable that refers to the last phoneme of the bases prior to the addition of plural morphemes) does. The results also show that children with Ds score significantly below the two control groups in both experiments, with no significant differences between control groups. We go on to discussmorphological processing in childrenwith and withoutDs, the role of the two tasks carried out (paying special attention to the role played by working memory), and the possible relationship between our results and morphosyntactic deficits described in the literature.
PB Elsevier
SN 1873-3379
YR 2013
FD 2013-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120440
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120440
LA eng
NO Lázaro, M., Garayzábal, E., & Moraleda, E. (2013). Differences on morphological and phonological processing between typically developing children and children with Down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(7), 2065-2074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.03.027
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 jun 2025