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Peer reviewedJeruchimowicz, Rita; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Black Youth, Language Acquisition, Nouns, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedPine, Julian M.; Lieven, Elena V. M.; Rowland, Caroline F. – Child Development, 1997
Examined relationships between early vocabulary composition, early language use, and properties of mothers' child-directed speech at 10 words. Found that, when the effects of the child on the mother at 10 words was controlled, there was a negative correlation between mothers' production of speech illustrating word boundaries and the percentage of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Individual Differences, Infants
Peer reviewedBonvillian, John D.; And Others – Child Development, 1983
Studied across a 16-month period, young children of deaf parents showed accelerated early language development, on the average producing their first recognizable sign at 8.5 months, their tenth sign at 13.2 months, and their first sign combination at 17.0 months. Findings are inconsistent with previously reported patterns of synchrony between…
Descriptors: Deafness, Infant Behavior, Infants, Language Acquisition
