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Mental Terms and the Development of Certainty.
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Moore, Chris; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Examines the understanding of the pragmatic function of mental terms ("think,""know,""guess") to express the relative certainty of 69 children aged 3-11. Results showed an improvement with age for the "know-think" and "know-guess" contrasts, but no improvement with age for the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
Stylistic Variation at the "Single-Word" Stage: Relations between Maternal Speech Characteristics and Children's Vocabulary Composition and Usage.
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Pine, 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
Children Talk about the Time and Aspect of Actions.
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Harner, Lorraine – Child Development, 1981
Questions whether children's use of language indicates they (1) understand temporal sequence, (2) distinguish goal-oriented from nongoal-oriented activities, and (3) prefer discussing the aspect of events prior to the time of events. Also investigates whether findings for past and future conditions are parallel. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Comprehension, Concept Formation
Constancy of Gender Identity for Self and Others in Children between the Ages of Three and Seven.
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Gouze, Karen R.; Nadelman, Lorraine – Child Development, 1980
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Developmental Vocabulary, Perceptual Development
Some Cognitive and Affective Aspects of Early Language Development
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Eveloff, Herbert H. – Child Development, 1971
Normal and abnormal language development depends to a great degree on the nature of the infant-mother relationship. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer)