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D'Odorico, Laura; Majorano, Marinella; Fasolo, Mirco; Salerni, Nicoletta; Suttora, Chiara – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
This study analysed the early linguistic development of Italian pre-term children. Samples of spontaneous pre-linguistic and verbal production were recorded at 12 and 18 months of age from two groups of children: 24 pre-term children and 15 full-term children. The Italian version of the MacArthur-Bates Questionnaire was administered at 24 months…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Phonetics, Risk, Language Acquisition
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Fasolo, Mirco; Majorano, Marinella; D'Odorico, Laura – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2008
This study examined early vocal production to assess whether it is possible to identify predictors of vocabulary development prior to the age point at which lexical delay is usually identified. Characteristics of babbling and first words in 12 Italian children with slow expressive development (late talkers; LT) were compared with those of 12…
Descriptors: Syllables, Phonetics, Child Language, Vocabulary Development
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Bortolini, Umberta; Leonard, Laurence B. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
Two studies compared phonological characteristics of American and Italian preschool-age children with specific language impairments (SLI) with younger controls matched for mean length of utterance and consonant inventory size. In Italian and English, children with SLI had more difficulty in the use of non-final weak syllables. (Contains…
Descriptors: Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Foreign Countries, Language Impairments