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Hooshyar, Nahid T. – 1987
The study sought to isolate and identify patterns occurring in language interactions between mothers and their nonhandicapped and Down Syndrome children. Data were collected as part of a 3-year study of language interaction. Twenty nonhandicapped (NH) and 20 Down Syndrome (DS) children and their mothers were evaluated via a demographic inventory,…
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Infants, Language Patterns, Mothers

Berghout Austin, Ann M.; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1987
Measures fathers' and mothers' linguistic involvement in the development of communication between young siblings--infants and toddlers. In a laboratory setting, 39 families, each with a mother, a father and two children, were videotaped in semistructured activities. Results suggest that fathers very actively direct sibling interactions, especially…
Descriptors: Fathers, Infants, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns