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Measuring Phonological Development: A Follow-Up Study of Five Children Acquiring Finnish
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Saaristo-Helin, Katri – Language and Speech, 2009
This study applies the Phonological Mean Length of Utterance measurement (PMLU; Ingram & Ingram, 2001; Ingram, 2002) to the data of five children acquiring Finnish and evaluates their phonological development longitudinally at four different age points: 2;0, 2;6, 3;0, and 3;6. The children's results on PMLU and related measures are discussed…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Phonology, Individual Differences, Followup Studies
The Acquisition of Communicative Intentions in Infants Eight to Fifteen Months of Age.
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Carpenter, Robert L.; And Others – Language and Speech, 1983
Describes the acquisition of a set of nonverbal intentionally communicative behaviors for six preverbal infants followed longitudinally. Results show a trend for a set of communicative intentions to emerge in the following sequence: (1) protesting, (2) request for action, (3) request for object, (4) comment on action, (5) comment on object, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Infants
Who is "Dada"? Some Aspects of the Semantic and Phonological Development of a Child's First Words
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Greenfield, Patricia Marks – Language and Speech, 1973
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Infant Behavior
Children's Attention and Articulation
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Locke, John L.; Goldstein, Jeffrey I. – Language and Speech, 1973
Presents the results of a study of attention as a factor in children's natural and experimental acquisition of articulatory behavior. (TO)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Attention Span, Child Development, Child Language
On the Child's Acquisition of Semantic Structure Underlying the Word Field of Prepositions
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Grimm, Hannelore – Language and Speech, 1975
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition
Acoustical Features of Children's Vowel Sounds: Development by Chronological Age versus Bone Age
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Gilbert, John H. – Language and Speech, 1973
Reports a study determining whether significant differences in formant frequency are apparent when chronological age is compared with a measure of physiological age for children during the first six years. (TO)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Child Development, Child Language