DOI: 10.5176/2345-7163_1.1.17
Authors: Shanthini, S. V.
Abstract:
Development of the brain is essential to facilitate language acquisition. Any form of injury and malfunctioning of the brain can inhibit language acquisition in children and in the case of adult can lead to dysfunction of language (Lenneberg, 1967 as cited in Lust, 2006). Birth asphyxia is one of the major high risk factor that can interfere in language acquisition (Jansson-Verkasalo, 2004) and causes delay in speech and language development (D’Souza, Nolan, McCartney & Taylor, 1981). This follow up study (2011) is an extension of a pilot study conducted by Shanthini et al. (2009) which was done to check if there is any deviance in the language status of the children with birth asphyxia in relation to their APGAR score, time at which the APGAR score reached 8 and their cognition pertaining to language as the subject’s age increases and to compare the findings to that of the typically developing children with respect to their gender by administering picture description and general conversation tasks targeting on morpho-syntactic structures in Tamil.
Keywords: Birth Asphyxia, Language status, APGAR score, Time at which APGAR score reached 8, Cognition pertaining to Language
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