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Peer reviewedCaselli, Cristina; Casadio, Paola; Bates, Elizabeth – Journal of Child Language, 1999
Examined cross-linguistic similarities and differences in early lexical and grammatical development among English- and Italian-speaking preschoolers. Parents completed surveys on vocabulary size, vocabulary composition, and grammatical complexity. No cross-linguistic differences surfaced in the composition of vocabulary in this age range. There…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Child Development, Child Language, Cultural Differences


