Krzemien Magali, Jemel Boutheina, Maillart Christelle
a Department of Speech and Language Therapy , University of Liege , Liège , Belgium.
b School of Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology, University of Montreal , Montreal , Canada.
Clin Linguist Phon. 2017;31(7-9):573-588. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2017.1302509. Epub 2017 Mar 31.
Analogical reasoning is a human ability that maps systems of relations. It develops along with relational knowledge, working memory and executive functions such as inhibition. It also maintains a mutual influence on language development. Some authors have taken a greater interest in the analogical reasoning ability of children with language disorders, specifically those with specific language impairment (SLI). These children apparently have weaker analogical reasoning abilities than their aged-matched peers without language disorders. Following cognitive theories of language acquisition, this deficit could be one of the causes of language disorders in SLI, especially those concerning productivity. To confirm this deficit and its link to language disorders, we use a scene analogy task to evaluate the analogical performance of SLI children and compare them to controls of the same age and linguistic abilities. Results show that children with SLI perform worse than age-matched peers, but similar to language-matched peers. They are more influenced by increased task difficulty. The association between language disorders and analogical reasoning in SLI can be confirmed. The hypothesis of limited processing capacity in SLI is also being considered.
类比推理是一种映射关系系统的人类能力。它随着关系知识、工作记忆和诸如抑制等执行功能的发展而发展。它也对语言发展产生相互影响。一些作者对语言障碍儿童，特别是那些患有特定语言障碍（SLI）的儿童的类比推理能力更感兴趣。这些儿童的类比推理能力显然比年龄匹配的无语言障碍同龄人弱。根据语言习得的认知理论，这种缺陷可能是SLI中语言障碍的原因之一，尤其是那些与语言生成有关的障碍。为了证实这种缺陷及其与语言障碍的联系，我们使用一个场景类比任务来评估SLI儿童的类比表现，并将他们与年龄和语言能力相同的对照组进行比较。结果表明，患有SLI的儿童表现比年龄匹配的同龄人差，但与语言匹配的同龄人相似。他们受任务难度增加的影响更大。SLI中语言障碍与类比推理之间的关联可以得到证实。同时也在考虑SLI中处理能力有限的假设。
