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Murray, Ann D.; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1990
Fourteen Mother-Infant pairs were studied at three, six, and nine months to determine whether mothers simplify speech during the second half of the infant's first year and whether speech adjustment influences later language acquisition by infants. A mother's mean length of utterance (MLU) was predictive of later language development by her infant.…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Development, Infants, Language Acquisition