02009caa a2200241 4500 210621s9999 xx 000 0 und d 2148-1997 Satyapal Puri Goswami Is apparent regression an indicator of linguistic progress? 2015 Professor of Language Pathology, Department of Speech Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) Reader in Linguistics, Department of Speech Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) brajeshaiish@gmail.com goswami16@yahoo.com 169-176 Volume 3 Issue 3 The 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 Late errors, language development, grammatical categories Brajesh Priyadarshi Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development http://www.jclad.science-res.com/archives_full_issu/Vol%203%20issue%203%20FULL%20ISSUE.pdf FJAS FJAS 17692 17692