%0 Journal Article
%T The role of grammatical gender and number in the comprehension of relative clauses among children with specific language impairment
%A Balija Me£żar
%A Maja
%A Dul£żi£ż
%A Adinda
%A Pavi£żi£ż Dokoza
%A Katarina
%J -
%D 2016
%R 10.31299/log.6.1.5
%X Sa£żetak This study sought to determine whether a difference in gender and number of the head noun facilitates the comprehension of subject and object relative clauses within a group of children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) aged between 6 and 11 years. The comprehension of these complex syntactic structures was assessed using a task in which children had to answer questions designed to check their understanding of thematic roles in a relative clause. The results demonstrated that object relative clauses were more difficult to comprehend than subject relative clauses. On the other hand, children aged 8 to 11 years were more successful than those in the younger group (6-7 years) at understanding object relative clauses that varied in morphological characteristics (singular-plural, feminine-masculine). These results provide further insight into the linguistic nature of SLI and have implications for therapy
%K noun gender and number
%K relative clause
%K specific language impairment
%U https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=238465