Twin Talk: Manifestations of Twin Status in the Speech of Toddlers.

Malmstrom, Patricia M.; Silva, Marilyn N.

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ERIC Number: EJ338921

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Twin Talk: Manifestations of Twin Status in the Speech of Toddlers.

Malmstrom, Patricia M.; Silva, Marilyn N.

Journal of Child Language, v13 n2 p293-304 Jun 1986

Crib-talk between identical twin girls and diary records of their speech were examined. It was found that the subjects developed conventional syntax and vocabulary but adapted them in ways which appropriately expressed their twin status. (Author/SED)

Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Child Language, Developmental Stages, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Preschool Children, Self Concept, Syntax, Twins, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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