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Volume 15:5 May 2015
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Acquisition of Tense Markers in
Typically Developing Malayalam Speaking Children

Santhana. M., Final Year MASLP Student
Sofia V Sunny, Final Year MASLP Student
Anjana Merin Xavier, Final Year MASLP Student
Satish Kumaraswamy, Asst.Professor & Ph.D. Scholar


Abstract

This study aims to establish a descriptive data on acquisition of tense markers in typically developing 4-7 years old Malayalam speaking children by describing the types and tense markers and comparing the presence of tense markers across the age groups. Thirty normal school going children were grouped according to age basis and provided with the picture description task. 10 picture cards for each tense were used for sample collection. Responses were marked on work sheet separately and each session was recorded for further detailed analysis. Result indicated highly significant scores among tense markers across age groups. The children in older group performed well compared to younger group in all tense markers. In the current study it is been found that as the age increased, the ability to use correct tense forms has been improved.

Key words: Tense markers, Malayalam language

Introduction

Children in the sequence of language development go through a variety of universally consecutive stages of development. Brown (1973) studied the rate of acquisition of grammatical morpheme and reported that the acquisition of each morpheme is a gradual process. Assessing the language development is essential to indicate the successive stage of development. Children may show individual alterations in their language development due to variations in biologic maturity and environmental factors (Saxton, 2010). Speech language pathologists are involved in the responsibilities of assessment and treatment of language disorders in children. Understanding the performance of children with language disorders demands a reasonable degree of knowledge of language performance in normally developing children. Deficits in syntactic aspect of language will indirectly affect the semantic and pragmatic aspects of language. Hence syntactic assessment is much more important in overall language assessment.

Children do not instantly use correct syntax on acquiring speech. According to studies the most active period for learning syntax is from 18 months to 4 years and there will be different levels of linguistic development in this period (Brown & Hanlon, 1970; Mc Neil, 1970). It was thought that the child master’s the syntax of his or her native language by about 5 years (Brown, 1964). They acquire syntax in particular sequence pattern starting with simple one word utterances. Succeeding stages take them to more complex sentence types. Winsor (1994) said that though children start developing knowledge about the grammatical structure of their language between the ages of 5 to 8 years and they exhibit a comment of the structure that is comparable to that of an adult only by around an age of 11 to 13 years. Syntax acquisition in later years is less rapid and dramatic than early stages of development.


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Santhana. M.
Final Year Postgraduate Student
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Mangalore 575015
Karnataka
India
santhanaaslp@gmail.com
santhanamuralidharan@gmail.com

Sofia V Sunny
Final Year Postgraduate Student
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Mangalore 575015
Karnataka
India
sofiaaslp@gmail.com

Anjana Merin Xavier
Final Year Postgraduate Student
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Mangalore 575015
Karnataka
India
amx.aslp@gmail.com

Mr. Satish Kumaraswamy
Assistant Professor
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Mangalore 575015
Karnataka
India
sat8378@yahoo.com

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