dc.contributor.author | Nyamari, Auka N Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-25T13:25:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-25T13:25:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Master Of Arts In Linguistics University Of Nairobi, 2013 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/60091 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study set to identify and analyze the phonological and morphological
impaired features of Down Syndrome subjects in their spontaneous speech, pictorials and
repetition exercises. Samples of two Down Syndrome subjects; speakers of Kiswahili and
their L1 Kikuyu and Kalenjin respectively were taken one from a home environment and
another from a special school in Nakuru. This study had hypothesized that substitution
errors would be the most frequent ones in the subjects’ speech in relation to phonological
impairment and that omission errors would affect more agreement-marking morphemes
than tense marking ones in the subjects’ speech in relation to morphological impairment.
Collection of data was done using a tape recorder in capturing the subjects’ spontaneous
speech, pictorial based and word repetition exercises. Important information regarding
the subjects’ background and condition concerning the study was provided by family
members and care-givers. The study’s hypotheses were both confirmed. The findings
showed that substitution errors in phonological impairment were indeed many, compared
to other phonological errors: omission and addition. Omission errors in morphological
impairment affected more agreement-marking morphemes than tense marking ones in the
subjects’ speech. No improvement was noted in the speech patterns of the subjects
despite conducting the interviews in Time-1 and Time-2. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Phonological and morphological impairment in the second language of two down syndrome case study subjects from Nakuru, Kenya | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Department of linguistic and languages, | en |