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Direct linkRinaldi, Pasquale; Pasqulaetti, Patrizio; Stefanini, Silvia; Bello, Arianna – Journal of Child Language, 2019
One of the most popular and widely used parent report instruments for assessing early language acquisition is the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDI). This study compares normative data of the Italian Words and Sentences complete form (WS-CF) and short form (WS-SF). The samples included 752 children for the WS-CF and 816…
Descriptors: Italian, Grammar, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition
Marjanovic-Umek, Ljubica; Fekonja-Peklaj, Urska; Podlesek, Anja – Journal of Child Language, 2013
A large body of research shows that vocabulary does not develop independently of grammar, representing a better predictor of the grammatical complexity of toddlers' utterances than age. This study examines for the first time the characteristics of vocabulary and grammar development in Slovenian-speaking infants and toddlers using the Slovenian…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Infants, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries
Devescovi, Antonella; Caselli, Maria Cristina; Marchione, Daniela; Pasqualetti, Patrizio; Reilly, Judy; Bates, Elizabeth – Journal of Child Language, 2005
The relationship between grammatical and lexical development was compared in 233 English and 233 Italian children aged between 1;6 and 2;6, matched for age, gender, and vocabulary size on the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDI). Four different measures of Mean Length of Utterance were applied to the three longest utterances…
Descriptors: Grammar, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedDale, Philip S.; Ginette, Dionne; Eley, Thalia C.; Plomin, Robert – Journal of Child Language, 2000
Assessed the language development of 2,898 pairs of 2-year-old twins born in England and Wales using the MacArthur Communicative language Development Inventory, which assesses vocabulary and grammar. Moderate heritabilities were found for both. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Genetics, Grammar, Language Acquisition
