Grammatical Morphology Deficits in Spanish-Speaking Children With SLI

Abstract

In "Grammatical Morphology Deficits in Spanish-Speaking Children With SLI" by Lisa M. Bedore and Laurence B. Leonard, which appeared in the August 2001 issue (Vol. 44, No. 4), some items in the left-most column of Table 5 on p. 914 were ordered incorrectly. The correct version of the table appears below. Table 5. Summary of verb morpheme response patterns. Response Item Type 1 singular present 1 singular past 1 plural present 1 plural past 3 singular present 3 singular past 3 plural present 3 plural past Infinitive Children with SLI group 1 singular present 129 2 1 2 — — — — — 1 singular past 3 126 1 1 1 — — — — 1 plural present 1 — 135 — — — — — — 1 plural past — — — 121 — — — — — 3 singular present 17 1 4 1 97 20 20 4 6 3 plural present 5 19 1 2 3 142 9 25 — 3 singular past — — 1 — 3 — 90 14 — 3 plural past — — — 1 — 2 5 91 — Infinitive 1 1 7 6 11 4 4 2 154 Other error — — — — — — — — — Unscorable Progressive 4 6 5 8 27 13 25 30 1 Other 4 — 4 1 8 10 8 11 3 No response 16 13 9 13 6 4 7 3 4 Total 180 168 168 156 156 195 168 180 168 MLU control group 1 singular present 127 25 — — — — — — 1 singular past 10 101 — — — — 1 — 1 plural present 1 — 131 — — — — — 1 plural past — — 1 — — — — — 3 singular present 14 — 1 106 15 20 9 4 3 plural present 1 6 — 1 160 8 21 1 3 singular past — — 2 — — 110 13 2 3 plural past — — — — — 4 104 — Infinitive 1 — 2 5 5 — 3 171 Other error — 1 — — 2 — — — Unscorable Progressive 1 3 — 25 9 10 12 — Other 1 — — 4 3 15 11 2 No response 12 8 19 3 1 13 6 — Total 168 144 156 144 195 180 180 180 Age control group 1 singular present 162 1— — — — — — — 1 singular past 7 164 — 1 — — — — — 1 plural present 1 — 167 1 — — — — — 1 plural past — — — 173 — 1 — — — 3 singular present 4 — 1 — 134 1 6 — — 3 plural present — 1 — — 3 182 4 2 — 3 singular past — — — — — — 138 1 — 3 plural past — — 2 1 — — 5 156 — Infinitive — 1 8 2 2 — — — 179 Other error 6 8 — 1 1 1 — 1 — Unscorable Progressive — 2 1 — 26 9 8 17 — Other — 1 — — 2 1 4 1 — No response — 2 1 1 — — 3 2 1 Total 180 180 180 180 168 195 168 180 180