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Individual Differences in Children's and Parents' Generic Language
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Gelman, Susan A.; Ware, Elizabeth A.; Kleinberg, Felicia; Manczak, Erika M.; Stilwell, Sarah M. – Child Development, 2014
Generics ("'Dogs' bark") convey important information about categories and facilitate children's learning. Two studies with parents and their 2- or 4-year-old children (N = 104 dyads) examined whether individual differences in generic language use are as follows: (a) stable over time, contexts, and domains, and (b) linked…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Child Language, Parent Background, Interpersonal Communication
Measuring Variability in Early Child Language: Don't Shoot the Messenger.
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Fenson, Larry; Bates, Elizabeth; Dale, Philip; Goodman, Judith; Reznick J., Steven; Thal, Donna – Child Development, 2000
Presents data showing that the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory's (CDI) large variability, lack of stability, and insufficient ability to predict early language delay are authentic reflections of individual differences in early language development rather than measurement deficiencies. Responds to critiques regarding sociodemographic…
Descriptors: Child Language, Individual Differences, Infants, Language Acquisition
Stylistic Variation at the "Single-Word" Stage: Relations between Maternal Speech Characteristics and Children's Vocabulary Composition and Usage.
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Pine, Julian M.; Lieven, Elena V. M.; Rowland, Caroline F. – Child Development, 1997
Examined relationships between early vocabulary composition, early language use, and properties of mothers' child-directed speech at 10 words. Found that, when the effects of the child on the mother at 10 words was controlled, there was a negative correlation between mothers' production of speech illustrating word boundaries and the percentage of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Individual Differences, Infants