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Peer reviewedWelkowitz, Joan; And Others – Child Development, 1976
Tests the hypothesis that the extent to which the durations of pauses (silences within the utterances of a single speaker) and switching pauses (silences between the utterances of 2 speakers) in the speech of children in conversation become similar (i.e., exhibit conversational congruence) is positively related to age. (BRT)
Descriptors: Child Language, Developmental Psychology, Elementary School Students, Language Acquisition
Download full textNicolich, Lorraine McCune – 1975
This study examined (1) the level of symbolic capability as revealed in play, (2) the use of spontaneous vocal imitation, and (3) the nature of certain classes of words occurring in spontaneous infant language. Facets of child behavior were examined during the period of single-word utterances and early multiword combinations with a view to…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Imitation
