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Direct linkDonnelly, Seamus; Kidd, Evan – Child Development, 2021
Children acquire language embedded within the rich social context of interaction. This paper reports on a longitudinal study investigating the developmental relationship between conversational turn-taking and vocabulary growth in English-acquiring children (N = 122) followed between 9 and 24 months. Daylong audio recordings obtained every 3 months…
Descriptors: Infants, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, Interpersonal Communication
Kirk, Elizabeth; Howlett, Neil; Pine, Karen J.; Fletcher, Ben C. – Child Development, 2013
Findings are presented from the first randomized control trial of the effects of encouraging symbolic gesture (or "baby sign") on infant language, following 40 infants from age 8 months to 20 months. Half of the mothers were trained to model a target set of gestures to their infants. Frequent measures were taken of infant language…
Descriptors: Infants, Sign Language, Language Acquisition, Child Language
Kartner, Joscha; Keller, Heidi; Yovsi, Relindis D. – Child Development, 2010
This study analyzed German and Nso mothers' auditory, proximal, and visual contingent responses to their infants' nondistress vocalizations in postnatal Weeks 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. Visual contingency scores increased whereas proximal contingency scores decreased over time for the independent (German urban middle-class, N = 20) but not the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction
Roseberry, Sarah; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Parish-Morris, Julia; Golinkoff, Roberta M. – Child Development, 2009
The availability of educational programming aimed at infants and toddlers is increasing, yet the effect of video on language acquisition remains unclear. Three studies of 96 children aged 30-42 months investigated their ability to learn verbs from video. Study 1 asked whether children could learn verbs from video when supported by live social…
Descriptors: Verbs, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Relationship, Educational Media
Adamson, Lauren B.; Bakeman, Roger; Deckner, Deborah F. – Child Development, 2004
Fifty-six children were observed longitudinally from 18 to 30 months of age interacting with their mothers during a Communication Play that contained 8 scenes designed to encourage interacting, requesting, commenting, and narrating. Of primary concern was how often symbols infused the child's states of engagement with people and objects and how…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Toddlers, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedBlakemore, Judith E. O. – Child Development, 1981
Examines sex differences in vocalizations and play behaviors displayed toward an infant by preschoolers, preadolescents, and adults. Preschoolers showed less interaction than older subjects. Males talked and played less with the baby than did females at all ages; however, among adult subjects, no sex-role effects were found. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Language, Children
