Wh-Questions' Expression in Persian-speaking Children: A Comparison Between Spontaneous and Elicited Probes

  • سال انتشار: 1398
  • محل انتشار: مجله توانبخشی ایرانیان، دوره: 18، شماره: 1
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_IRJU-18-1_010
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 77
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نویسندگان

Rezvan Akbari Manie

Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

Maryam Tarameshlou

Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Rehabilitation Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Raheleh Izadifar

Department of General Linguistics, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.

Saman Maroufizadeh

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.

Nahid Jalilevand

Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Rehabilitation Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

چکیده

Objectives: Studies have shown that most children before the age of ۵ are capable to comprehend and express wh-questions in daily conversations. This study aimed at comparing the ability of wh-questions’ production in ۴-۶-year-old children in spontaneous and elicited conditions. Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, ۷۲ (n=۷۲) ۴-۶-year-old Persian-speaking children were selected randomly from kindergartens of Hamadan, Iran. Three different probes were used to evaluate the spontaneous and elicited conditions in the expression of questions with “what, where, who, why, and when”. In the first probe, children were encouraged to ask questions spontaneously about experimental pictures. While in the second probe, the verbal prompt was presented about wh-questions, and wh-words were provided as key-words in the third probe. Repeated measures analysis of variance test with between-subjects’ factors of sex (male, female) and age group (۴-۵ years, ۵-۶ years) and within-subjects’ factor of the method (I, II, III) was performed in the study. Results: There was a main effect of probes in “where, who, and when” questions and the mean scores of the II and III probes were significantly higher than those of probe I. Children in probe I received higher scores for why questions than the other probes. “What” questions were expressed more by children in probe II. “Why, when, and where” scores were significantly higher for ۵-۶ years group than for ۴-۵ years group. There was no significant effect on all wh-questions. Discussion: The higher accuracy of wh-questions in probe II and III compared to probe I suggested that this competence is significantly developed by the use of elicited procedures (verbal prompt or providing wh-words as key-words) in comparison with no elicitation.

کلیدواژه ها

Wh-question, Expression, Persian-speaking children

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