The interface between the lexicon and morphology in specific language impairment (SLI)

This is a current project.

Description

Language deficits in children with SLI are well documented but little is known about how to effectively plan intervention to maximize gains with little attention being paid to lexical characteristics of treated verbs. Identifying clinical methods that maximize gains in treatment may prevent or minimize future academic failure. The long-term goal of this project is to understand the nature of SLI by investigating the interface between the lexicon and morphology.

Project Administration

Holly Storkel, principal investigator

Jill Hoover, co-principal investigator

Project Contact

Holly L. Storkel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders
Dole Human Development Center room 3001
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045
hstorkel@ku.edu
(785) 864-0497 (phone)
(785) 864-3974 (fax)

This is a project of:

Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorder

Related Projects

Word learning in children: normal development and language impairment, PI: Holly Storkel

Funded by:

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Lab

Word and Sound Learning Lab

Publications and Presentations

Storkel, H. L., Hoover, J R. (2010). An online calculator to compute phonotactic probability and neighborhood density on the basis of child corpora of spoken American English. Behavior Research Methods, 42(2), 497-506. Full-text link.

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