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Direct linkWeber, Ann; Fernald, Anne; Diop, Yatma – Child Development, 2017
In some areas of rural Africa, long-standing cultural traditions and beliefs may discourage parents from verbally engaging with their young children. This study assessed the effectiveness of a parenting program designed to encourage verbal engagement between caregivers and infants in Wolof-speaking villages in rural Senegal. Caregivers (n = 443)…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Cultural Influences, Infants, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedFernald, Anne – Child Development, 1993
Presented five-month olds in English-speaking families with approval and prohibition vocalizations in infant-directed (ID) and adult-directed (AD) English, and in ID German, Italian, Japanese, and nonsense English. Infants responded differently to ID approval and disapproval in all languages except Japanese. Differential responses to approval and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, German, Infants
Peer reviewedFernald, Anne; Swingley, Daniel; Pinto, John P. – Child Development, 2001
Two experiments tracked infants' eye movements to examine use of word-initial information to understand fluent speech. Results indicated that 21- and 18-month-olds recognized partial words as quickly and reliably as whole words. Infants' productive vocabulary and reaction time were related to word recognition accuracy. Results show that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Eye Movements
