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Direct linkJudith Kalinowski; Laura Hansel; Michaela Vystrcilová; Alexander Ecker; Nivedita Mani – Cognitive Science, 2025
While much work has emphasized the role of the environment in language learning, research equally reports consistent effects of the child's knowledge, in particular, the words known to individual children, in steering further lexical development. Much of this work is based on cross-sectional data, assuming that the words typically known to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Lexicology, Vocabulary Development
Mary E. Brushe; Murthy N. Mittinty; Tess Gregory; Dandara Haag; John W. Lynch; Sheena Reilly; Edward Melhuish; Sally A. Brinkman – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Language development is critical for children's life chances. Promoting parent-child interactions is suggested as one mechanism to support language development in the early years. However, limited evidence exists for a causal effect of parent-child interactions on children's language development. Methods: Data from the Language in…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Child Language, Language Acquisition
Kaveri K. Sheth; Naja Ferjan Ramírez – Language Learning and Development, 2025
Research on "parentese," the acoustically exaggerated, slower, and higher-pitched speech directed toward infants, has mostly focused on maternal contributions, although it has long been known that fathers also produce parentese. Given recent societal changes in family dynamics, it is necessary to revise these mother-centered models of…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Parent Child Relationship, Child Language, Syntax
Blandina Manditereza – Perspectives in Education, 2025
This narrative literature review explores language as a precursor for developing children's psychosocial skills in war-torn areas. By utilising Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory, this study aimed to understand the lifelong consequences of early childhood language deprivation in war-stricken zones, thus suggesting intervention strategies to…
Descriptors: Play, Intervention, Child Language, Language Acquisition
Judith J. Carta; Dale Walker; Kathryn M. Bigelow; Charles R. Greenwood; Alana G. Schnitz; Bridging the Word Gap Research Network Leadership Team – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Numerous studies emphasize the critical impact of early communicative interactions on children's language, cognitive, and social development; academic performance; and life outcomes. Early research linking disparities in language interaction quality and quantity to socioeconomic factors sometimes identified these population differences as…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Equal Education, Intervention, Educational Research
Khadeejah Alaslani; Haifa Alroqi; Alaa Almohammadi; Yara Aljahlan; Roaa Alsulaiman; Aalya Albeeshi; Abdullah Murad; Fahad Alnemary – Discover Education, 2025
This study examines the landscape of childcare providers (CPs) in Saudi Arabia, focusing on their pivotal role in supporting children's language development. While fundamental, understanding CPs' knowledge of child language development, self-efficacy, and professional training remains limited in this context. This study aims to provide a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Faculty Development, Child Caregivers
