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Labotka, Danielle; Gelman, Susan A. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Although children's use of speech registers such as Baby Talk is well documented, little is known about their understanding of Foreigner Talk, a register addressed to non-native speakers. In Study 1, 4- to 8-year-old children and adults (N = 125) heard 4 registers (Foreigner Talk, Baby Talk, Peer Talk, and Teacher Talk) and predicted who would…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Child Language, Speech Communication, Language Styles
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Cioffi, Camille C.; Griffin, Amanda M.; Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Shaw, Daniel S.; Reiss, David; Ganiban, Jody M.; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.; Leve, Leslie D. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Understanding the role of negative emotionality in the development of executive functioning (EF) and language skills can help identify developmental windows that may provide promising opportunities for intervention. In addition, because EF and language skills are, in part, genetically influenced, intergenerational transmission patterns are…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Development, Executive Function, Language Skills
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Bernier, Annie; McMahon, Catherine A.; Perrier, Rachel – Developmental Psychology, 2017
This study aimed to test a 5-wave sequential mediation model linking maternal mind-mindedness during infancy to children's school readiness in kindergarten through a serial mediation involving child language and effortful control in toddlerhood and the preschool years. Among a sample of 204 mother-child dyads, we assessed maternal mind-mindedness…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Longitudinal Studies, Child Language, Toddlers
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Cimpian, Andrei; Erickson, Lucy C. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Generic statements, or generics, express generalizations about entire kinds (e.g., ""Girls" are good at a game called "tooki""). In contrast, nongeneric statements express facts about specific (sets of) individuals (e.g., "Jane is good at tooki"). Aside from simply conveying information, generics and nongenerics also instill different causal…
Descriptors: Evidence, Attribution Theory, Females, Children
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Cartmill, Erica A.; Hunsicker, Dea; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Nouns form the first building blocks of children's language but are not consistently modified by other words until around 2.5 years of age. Before then, children often combine their nouns with gestures that indicate the object labeled by the noun, for example, pointing at a bottle while saying "bottle." These gestures are typically…
Descriptors: Child Language, Nouns, Nonverbal Communication, Form Classes (Languages)
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Brubacher, Sonja P.; Roberts, Kim P.; Powell, Martine – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Children (N = 157) 4 to 8 years old participated 1 time (single) or 4 times (repeated) in an interactive event. Across each condition, half were questioned a week later about the only or a specific occurrence of the event ("depth first") and then about what usually happens. Half were prompted in the reverse order ("breadth first"). Children with…
Descriptors: Sample Size, Mathematical Models, Prediction, Regression (Statistics)