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Arriaga, Rose I.; Fenson, Larry; Cronan, Terry; Pethick, Stephen J. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
This study compared language skills in a group of very low-income toddlers with those of a middle-income sample matched on age and sex. The assessment instrument used was the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory for toddlers, a parent report form. Scores for low-income group were strikingly lower on three key indices evaluated: size of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Expressive Language, Language Skills, Low Income