Early Vocabulary Growth: Relation to Language Input and Gender.

Huttenlocher, Janellen; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ431661

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Early Vocabulary Growth: Relation to Language Input and Gender.

Huttenlocher, Janellen; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v27 n2 p236-48 Mar 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, Language Enrichment, Language Research, Linguistic Input, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Sex Differences, Verbal Development, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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