Sponsor
Portland State University, Department of Speech Communication
First Advisor
Joan McMahon
Term of Graduation
Fall 1978
Date of Publication
10-11-1978
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech Communication
Department
Speech Communication
Language
English
Subjects
Children -- Language, Language arts (Primary), Indian children -- North America
DOI
10.15760/etd.2825
Physical Description
1 online resource (3, v, 68 pages)
Abstract
This study sought to determine if there are any differences in an analysis of language samples between urban Indian, reservation Indian, and urban White first-grade children. The Mean Length of Response (MLR), Developmental Sentence Score (DSS), and individual DSS items were used to analyze language used by the three groups of children. The study involved thirty-nine children, thirteen children in each group, between the ages of six years, six months, and seven years, four months. All subjects were screened to determine grade, residency, Indian blood, speech, language, hearing, and physical status. Testing for hearing vocabulary was performed at the beginning of the testing situation to determine eligibility for the study.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17183
Recommended Citation
Pearce, Lezlie Kaye, "A Comparative Study of Language Deficits of Reservation and Urban Indian Children" (1978). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2831.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.2825
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