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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
Vocal Development in Infants with Down Syndrome and Infants Who Are Developing Normally.
Steffens, Michele L.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1992
The development of early vocalizations was investigated with 13 infants who had Down's syndrome and 27 infants developing normally, at bimonthly intervals from 4 to 18 months of age. Both groups demonstrated increased production of mature syllables over time as well as large variations in vocal development, both within and across groups and across…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome, Individual Differences
Early Vocabulary Growth: Relation to Language Input and Gender.
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Huttenlocher, Janellen; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Examined the role of exposure to speech in children's vocabulary growth. Characterized vocabulary growth rates for children from 14 to 26 months of age. Found a relation between individual differences in vocabulary acquisition and variations in the amount of a mother's speech to her children. (BC)
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Individual Differences, Infants, Language Acquisition