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Pragmatic Functions in Late Talkers: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study
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MacRoy-Higgins, Michelle; Kliment, Sarah – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2017
This study analyzed spontaneous language samples of three-year-olds with a history of expressive language delay (late talkers) and age-matched controls using Dore's Conversational Acts analysis (1978) and Mean Length of Utterance (MLU; Brown, 1973). Differences were observed between groups in utterances classified as organizational device and…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Followup Studies, Expressive Language, Delayed Speech
The Use of Psychological State Words by Late Talkers at Ages 3, 4, and 5 Years
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Lee, Eliza Carlson; Rescorla, Leslie – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2008
The use of four types of psychological state words (physiological, emotional, desire, and cognitive) during mother-child play sessions at ages 3, 4, and 5 years was examined in 30 children diagnosed with delayed expressive language at 24-31 months and 15 age-matched comparison children with typical development. The children's mean length of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Social Development, Expressive Language, Matched Groups
The Concurrent Validity of the Minnesota Child Development Inventory as a Measure of Young Children's Language Development.
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Tomblin, J. Bruce; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1989
Fifty-seven children, aged 23-28 months, were assessed using the Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development, mean length of utterance, and Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI). The MCDI Expressive Language scale was found to be a valid predictor of expressive language. The MCDI Comprehension-Conceptual scale appeared to assess both…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Concurrent Validity, Expressive Language
Relationship between Maternal Language Parameters and the Child's Language Competency and Developmental Condition.
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Hooshyar, Nahid T. – 1985
Maternal language directed to 21 nonhandicapped, 21 Down syndrome, and 19 language impaired preschool children was examined. The three groups (all Caucasian and middle-class) were matched in mean length of utterance (MLU) and in developmental skills as measured on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale. Mother-child language interaction was…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Communication Skills, Downs Syndrome