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Cychosz, Margaret; Munson, Benjamin; Edwards, Jan R. – Language Learning and Development, 2021
Much research in child speech development suggests that young children coarticulate more than adults. There are multiple, not mutually-exclusive, explanations for this pattern. For example, children may coarticulate more because they are limited by immature motor control. Or they may coarticulate more if they initially represent phonological…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Language, Articulation (Speech), Speech Communication
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Taumoepeau, Mele – Language Learning and Development, 2016
Using multi-level growth modeling, we examined the effect of several measures of maternal input on growth in children's word types from 15-54 months. Mothers and children engaged in a picture description task (N = 77) at 15, 24, 33, and 54 months; the frequency of children's observed word types at each wave was coded and additional independent…
Descriptors: Child Language, Vocabulary Development, Mothers, Parent Influence