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Peer reviewedSmolak, Linda – Journal of Child Language, 1987
An eight-month longitudinal study measuring infants' (N=8) temperament characteristics of activity level, task persistence, and affect and discourse and pragmatic features of their mothers' speech revealed complex interactions between maternal speech and infant temperament. It is argued that nonlinguistic child behaviors may influence maternal…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Infants
