Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/10727
Title: Specific language impairment in Cypriot Greek: diagnostic issues
Authors: Theodorou, Eleni 
Kambanaros, Maria 
Grohmann, Kleanthes K. 
Major Field of Science: Medical and Health Sciences
Field Category: Basic Medicine
Keywords: Acquisition;Bilectalism;Diagnosis;Sensitivity;Specificity
Issue Date: Jan-2013
Source: Linguistic Variation, 2013, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 217 –236
Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Start page: 217
End page: 236
Journal: Linguistic Variation 
Abstract: Investigating children’s language skills in their native variety is of paramount importance. Clinical practices cannot be based on findings from languages or varieties which have different properties. This paper, after demonstrating the importance of investigating Specific Language Impairment (SLI) in Cyprus, assesses the feasibility of existing language assessments in Standard Modern Greek for the diagnosis of SLI in the Greek Cypriot context, for the children’s native variety of Cypriot Greek. In total, 16 children with SLI (5 to 9 years) and 22 age-matched typically language developing children participated in this study. However, given that not all stimuli in the Standard Greek versions were appropriate for Cypriot Greek-speaking children and because of cultural differences, the tools were adapted. Results showed that the assessment tools can accurately identify children with SLI from typically language developing peers with sensitivity and specificity when the comparison is between children that use the same variety
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/10727
ISSN: 22116834
DOI: 10.1075/lv.13.2.04the
Rights: © John Benjamins
Type: Article
Affiliation : University of Cyprus 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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