Morphosyntactic development in German-speaking individuals with Down syndrome—longitudinal data

• Published in: Frontiers in psychology Vol. 14; p. 1118659
• Main Authors: Witecy, Bernadette, Wimmer, Eva, Neitzel, Isabel, Penke, Martina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 21.06.2023
• Subjects: Down syndrome; expressive grammar; language development; Psychology; receptive grammar; subject-verb agreement; wh-questions; expressive grammar; language development; receptive grammar; longitudinal study; subject-verb agreement; Down syndrome; wh-questions; verbal short-term memory

The present study provides longitudinal data on the development of receptive and expressive grammar in children and adolescents with Down syndrome and addresses the role of nonverbal cognitive abilities and verbal short-term memory for morphosyntactic development. Seventeen German-speaking individua...