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Swingley, Daniel – Language Learning and Development, 2019
In learning language, children must discover how to interpret the linguistic significance of phonetic variation. On some accounts, receptive phonology is grounded in perceptual learning of phonetic categories from phonetic distributions drawn over the infant's sample of speech. On other accounts, receptive phonology is instead based on phonetic…
Descriptors: Phonology, Vowels, Phonetics, Indo European Languages
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Mancilla-Martinez, Jeannette; Hwang, Jin Kyoung; Oh, Min Hyun; Pokowitz, Elena Lauren – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Elementary-age dual language learners (DLLs) from Spanish-speaking homes in the United States are often characterized as at risk for low vocabulary in both Spanish and English. This longitudinal study examined conceptually scored receptive and expressive vocabulary development among DLLs from Spanish-speaking, low-income homes and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary School Students, Vocabulary Development, Spanish Speaking
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Hepburn, Alexa; Potter, Jonathan – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2011
In this paper we consider a collection of conversational practices that arise when a professional is faced with extended resistance to their offered advice. Our data is comprised of telephone calls to a UK child protection helpline. The practices we identify occur repeatedly across our corpus of advice resistance sequences and involve (1) the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Information Services, Volunteers, Opinions
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Ellis Weismer, Susan; Lord, Catherine; Esler, Amy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
This study characterized early language abilities in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders (n = 257) using multiple measures of language development, compared to toddlers with non-spectrum developmental delay (DD, n = 69). Findings indicated moderate to high degrees of agreement among three assessment measures (one parent report and two direct…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Delayed Speech, Autism, Toddlers
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Paul, Rhea; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Fowler, Carol; Cicchetti, Domenic; Volkmar, Fred – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: This study tests the hypothesis that toddlers with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) will show differences from contrast groups in preferences for attending to speech. Method: This study examined auditory preferences in toddlers with ASD and matched groups of (a) typical age-mates, (b) age-mates with nonautistic developmental disabilities,…
Descriptors: Matched Groups, Toddlers, Research Methodology, Language Patterns
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Glennen, Sharon L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: Language and speech are difficult to assess in newly arrived internationally adopted children. The purpose of this study was to determine if assessments completed when toddlers were first adopted could predict language outcomes at age 2. Local norms were used to develop early intervention guidelines that were evaluated against age 2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Articulation (Speech), Early Intervention, Language Patterns