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Direct linkPitchford, N. J.; Mullen, K. T. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2005
When learning basic color vocabulary, young children show a selective delay in the acquisition of brown and gray relative to other basic color terms. In this study, we first establish the robustness of this finding and then investigate the extent to which perception, language, and color preference may influence color conceptualization.…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Young Children, Color, Vocabulary Development
O'Neill, Maria; Bard, Kim A.; Linnell, Maggie; Fluck, Michael – Developmental Science, 2005
Speech directed towards young children ("motherese") is subject to consistent systematic modifications. Recent research suggests that gesture directed towards young children is similarly modified (gesturese). It has been suggested that gesturese supports speech, therefore scaffolding communicative development (the facilitative…
Descriptors: Play, Mothers, Semantics, Infants
