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Rinaldi, Pasquale; Pasqulaetti, Patrizio; Stefanini, Silvia; Bello, Arianna – Journal of Child Language, 2019
One of the most popular and widely used parent report instruments for assessing early language acquisition is the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDI). This study compares normative data of the Italian Words and Sentences complete form (WS-CF) and short form (WS-SF). The samples included 752 children for the WS-CF and 816…
Descriptors: Italian, Grammar, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition
Gendler-Shalev, Hila; Dromi, Esther – Journal of Child Language, 2022
This article presents data on lexical development of 881 Israeli Hebrew-speaking monolingual toddlers ages 1;0 to 2;0. A Web-based version of the Hebrew MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (H-MB-CDI) was used for data collection. Growth curves for expressive vocabulary, receptive vocabulary, actions and gestures were…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Acquisition, Toddlers, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewedCharman, Tony; Drew, Auriol; Baird, Claire; Baird, Gillian – Journal of Child Language, 2003
Collected data on early language development of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder, using the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory. The pattern of development of understanding phrases, word comprehension and expression, and production of gestures, was compared to the typical pattern. Implications for assessment and…
Descriptors: Autism, Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition, Measures (Individuals)
Devescovi, Antonella; Caselli, Maria Cristina; Marchione, Daniela; Pasqualetti, Patrizio; Reilly, Judy; Bates, Elizabeth – Journal of Child Language, 2005
The relationship between grammatical and lexical development was compared in 233 English and 233 Italian children aged between 1;6 and 2;6, matched for age, gender, and vocabulary size on the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDI). Four different measures of Mean Length of Utterance were applied to the three longest utterances…
Descriptors: Grammar, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Comparative Analysis

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