TAPS

[Nick Riches]

Hi

I'm also interested in a test of passive use. I've had a trawl through
the information on Harcourt about the DELV, but while there is a lot
of information about overall aims and standardisation, there is little
information on how the test actually functions. I presume it's a
forced-choice comprehension task, just like the TAPS-R? Could you
possibly let us know how it differs from the TAPS-R (which also tests
the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement)? It
sounds as if the DELV manipulates the semantic properties of the verb,
e.g. resultivity, which sounds like an extremely interesting
development. Perhaps you could provide a link to a resource which
provides more details about the test?

Many thanks

Nick Riches

University of Reading, UK.

On Sep 23, 2:34 pm, "Tom Roeper" <roe... at linguist.umass.edu> wrote:
> We have extensive examples of passive that look at implied agents,
> resultivity,
> and other features that have been tested on 1000 children in the DELV test
> from Harcourt (now Pearson).
>     These subtle aspects of the passive are crucial to understanding whether
> children know the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement.
>    I would be glad to give you further connections and information.  YOu
> might
> consult the DELV website for more information too.
>
> Tom Roeper
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael Ullman <mich... at georgetown.edu>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > We are considering giving TAPS-R (Test of Active and Passive
> > Sentences-Revised),
> > designed by Heather van der Lely, to some of the developmental disorder
> > groups we study, in addition to giving them our own set of language
> > and memory tasks.
>
> > Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on:
>
> > 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of
> > a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop,
> > but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of
> > (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now).
>
> > 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and
> > disadvantages, like any task... I'd appreciate any opinions on it.
>
> > All my best,
>
> > Michael
>
> --
> Tom Roeper
> Dept of Lingiustics
> UMass South College
> Amherst, Mass. 01003 ISA
> 413 256 0390
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