LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:12 December 2015
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Brown’s Morphological Skills in Typically Developing
Bilingual (Kannada-English) Speaking Children

Viji Mary Varghese
Satish Kumaraswamy

Abstract

In this study, we identify some of the aspects of English morphological development in Kannada-English bilinguals. Speech-language pathologists need to understand typical English second language acquisition in India and how it differs from monolingual English in order to accurately assess and effectively identify potential language disorders as early as possible. Studies have revealed emergent use of Brown's 14 grammatical morphemes, although mastery generally was not seen at the same ages as those expected for SAE speakers. They found that the English morphological structures produced by bilingual children followed a different developmental pattern when compared to the order of acquisition of typically-developing monolingual English children as outlined by Brown (1973).

The present study aimed to find which morphological structures were achieved by 5-6 years Kannada-English speaking children. 30 typically developing children who were further divided into two groups of 15 each in the age range of 5-6 (7 boys &8 girls) and 6-7 years (6 boys & 9 girls) participated in the present study. The present study reveals that out of 14 morphemes only 6 morphemes were present which is in accordance with Bland-Stewart, 2001. He hypothesized that English morphological structures produced by bilingual (Hispanic – English) children followed a different developmental pattern when compared to the order of acquisition of typically-developing monolingual English children.

Keywords: Bilingual language development, English-Kannada typically developing bilingual children, Brown’s 14 grammatical morphemes.

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Viji Mary Varghese
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Malady Court
Kavoor
Mangalore – 575 015
Karnataka
India
viji.varghes@gmail.com

Satish Kumaraswamy
Assistant Professor and Research Scholar
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Malady Court
Kavoor
Mangalore – 575 015
Karnataka
India
Sat8378@yahoo.com
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