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ArticleAmerican journal of speech-language pathology2023

Verbs Matter: A Tutorial for Determining Verb Difficulty.

Lizbeth H Finestack, Jamie Linert, Elizabeth Ancel, Lisa Hilliard, Benjamin Munson, Kirstin Kuchler, Olivia Matthys

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Lizbeth H FinestackDepartment of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.ORCID 0000-0002-5300-9282
Jamie LinertDepartment of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Elizabeth AncelDepartment of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.ORCID 0000-0002-1467-2284
Lisa HilliardDepartment of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Benjamin MunsonDepartment of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.ORCID 0000-0002-1547-6912
Kirstin KuchlerDepartment of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Olivia MatthysDepartment of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

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Evaluation of an Explicit Approach to Teach Grammatical Forms to Children with Language ImpairmentR01DC019374 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI FINESTACK, LIZBETH H · 2021 to 2025
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NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC019374
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purposeResearch indicates that when teaching grammatical forms to children, the verbs used to model specific grammatical inflections matter. When learning grammatical forms, children have higher performance when they hear many unique verb forms that vary in their frequency and phonological complexity. In this tutorial, we demonstrate a method for identifying and characterizing a large number of verbs based on their frequency and complexity.

methodWe selected verbs from an open-access database of transcribed child language samples. We extracted verbs produced by 5- to 8.9-year-old children in four morphosyntactic contexts: regular past tense

resultsThe synthesis yielded 129 unique verbs used in the regular past tense

conclusionsClinicians may use the verb lists, frequency ratings, and phonological complexity scores to help identify verbs to incorporate into assessment and intervention sessions with children. Researchers and clinicians may use the step-by-step approach presented in the tutorial to identify verbs or other syntactic components used in different morphosyntactic contexts or produced by individuals of different demographics in different speaking contexts.

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Child LanguageLinguisticsChildChild, PreschoolHumansLearning

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PMID37566905
PMCPMC10561966

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