Who's Next? Turn Anticipation in Dutch Preschoolers With and Without Developmental Language Disorder

Key Points

• This research examines the use of linguistic cues by preschoolers to anticipate conversational turns, focusing on differences between those with and without DLD.
• Participants included three-year-olds with and without developmental language disorder (DLD).
• Children were observed using linguistic cues during conversations to predict turns.
• Children with DLD showed slower processing of conversational structure compared to their peers.
• Turn-taking difficulties were noted in children with DLD, linked to their prediction speed.