Early grammar‐building in French‐speaking deaf children with cochlear implants: A follow‐up corpus study

• Published in: International journal of language & communication disorders Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 1204 - 1222
• Main Authors: Le Normand, Marie‐Thérèse, Thai‐Van, Hung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley 01.07.2023
• Subjects: Age Differences; Assistive Technology; atypical development; Children; cochlear implant; early grammar; French; function words; Grammar; Language Acquisition; Nouns; profound deafness; Speech Communication; Verbs; atypical development; function words; French; cochlear implant; profound deafness; early grammar

Background One of the most consistent findings reported in the paediatric cochlear implant (CI) literature is the heterogeneity of language performance observed more in grammatical morphology than in lexicon or pragmatics. As most of the corpus studies addressing these issues have been conducted in...