01953caa a2200217 4500008004100000022001400041100002600055245006400081260000900145270012800154270011800282270002700400270002400427300001200451490002200463520101100485653006201496700002401558773005801582856009501640210621s9999 xx 000 0 und d a2148-1997 aSatyapal Puri Goswami 0aIs apparent regression an indicator of linguistic progress? c2015 aProfessor of Language Pathology, Department of Speech Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) aReader in Linguistics, Department of Speech Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) mbrajeshaiish@gmail.com mgoswami16@yahoo.com a169-176 vVolume 3 Issue 3 aThe phenomenon of apparent regression in syntactic development as a consequence of progress hasbeen reported by earlier researchers. Considering these reports of regression of certain grammatical features during the developmental stages of language, the current investigation was taken up to study the signs of regression of various grammatical components in Hindi speaking children as shown by the performance on a screening test of syntactic development in Hindi. A total of 160 participants were categorized under eight age groups studied in the present analysis. The data available in the study was cross-sectional. The late errors were identified in terms of the stages of acquisition the different age groups were in. Differences were also noted in the performance of males and females. The late errors were seen for various grammatical categories both in comprehension and expression skills aLate errors, language development, grammatical categories aBrajesh Priyadarshi aJournal of Child Language Acquisition and Development uhttp://www.jclad.science-res.com/archives_full_issu/Vol%203%20issue%203%20FULL%20ISSUE.pdf