LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:10 October 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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Acquisition of Case Markers in Down's Syndrome Children with
Mental Age 3-8 Years

Nandhu S Mohan, Vishnu V.K., Sreelakshmi R., and Satish Kumaraswamy

Abstract

This study aims at establishing a descriptive data on Acquisition of case markers in Down’s syndrome Malayalam speaking subjects within the mental age of 3-8 years. Fifty Down syndrome subjects were assigned into five groups based on mental age. Different case markers in Malayalam language were identified and picture stimuli of those were developed. Subjects were provided with picture description take and responses were separately marked on worksheet and were analyzed. Results revealed that the Down’s syndrome subjects with higher mental age showed better production of case markers i.e. as mental age increased the ability to use correct case marker improved.

Keywords: Down's Syndrome , morphosyntax , Malayalam , case markers

Morphology is the aspect of language concerned with the rule governing change in word meaning. The morpho-syntactical aspects include plural markers, case markers, PNG markers etc.

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Nandhu S Mohan
Audiologist cum Speech Language Pathologist
Santhwana Hospital
Trivandrum
India
smnandhu4803@gmail.com

Vishnu V K
Student
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Mangalore 575015
Karnataka
India
Vishnuvk220@gmail.com

Sreelakshmi R
Lecturer
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Mangalore 575015
Karnataka
India
lakshmilegacy.r@gmail.com

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

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