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Expression of Affect and the Emergence of Language.
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Bloom, Lois; Capatides, Joanne Bitetti – Child Development, 1987
Results indicated that the more frequently the children studied expressed emotion, the older the age of language achievements; and the more time spent in neutral affect, the younger the age of language achievements. (PCB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Individual Development, Infant Behavior
The Development of Categorization in the Second Year and Its Relation to Other Cognitive and Linguistic Developments.
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Gopnik, Alison; Meltzoff, Andrew – Child Development, 1987
Changes in children's categorization behavior between 15 and 21 months of age and the relation of these changes to developments in language, object permanence, and means-end understanding are reported. (PCB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classification, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior
The Articulatory Basis of Babbling.
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Davis, Barbara L.; MacNeilage, Peter F. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
This article evaluates the "Frames, then Content" hypothesis for speech acquisition, which sees babbling as a direct result of producing syllabic "frames" by rhythmic mandibular oscillation with little of the "content" seen under mandible-independent control. Analysis of 6,659 utterances of 6 normally developing…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Nonverbal Communication Skills in Down Syndrome Children.
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Mundy, Peter; And Others – Child Development, 1988
Examines the nonverbal communication competence of 18- to 48-month-old Down Syndrome children. Results indicate that Downs children display strengths and weaknesses in nonverbal communication skills. Further, results suggest a deficit in expressive language is associated with a deficit in nonverbal requesting skill that had developed earlier among…
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Emotional Response, Facial Expressions, Infant Behavior
Advances in Child Development: Theory and Research.
Nesdale, Andrew R., Ed.; And Others – 1981
This book consists of 31 papers focusing on aspects of child development. Mainly reports of research, papers are grouped topically into four sections dealing respectively with perceptual, language/communication, cognitive, and social development. Most of the nine papers in section 1 focus on the perceptual development of infants. Topics include…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer)