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Word Order Acquisition in Persian Speaking Children Publisher



Jalilevand N1 ; Kamali M2 ; Modarresi Y3 ; Kazemi Y4
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  1. 1. Department of Speech and Language Pathology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Rehabilitation Management, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Linguistics, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Source: Iranian Rehabilitation Journal Published:2017


Abstract

Objectives: Persian is a pro-drop language with canonical Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) word order. This study investigates the acquisition of word order in Persian-speaking children. Methods: In the present study, participants were 60 Persian-speaking children (30 girls and 30 boys) with typically developing language skills, and aged between 30-47 months. The 30-minute language samples were audio-recorded during free play with an examiner and during description of pictures. Results: Object-Verb (OV) and subject-verb (SV) sentence structures were the most commonly used in two-component simple sentences. SOV was the most common three-component structures used by Persian-speaking children. Discussion: Despite the fact that the spoken-Persian language has no strict word order, Persianspeaking children tend to use other logically possible orders of subject (S), verb (V), and object (O) lesser than the SOV structure.
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