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The Relations between Cardinal Number Knowledge and Quantifier Comprehension
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Yang, Meiling; Wang, Yunqi – Language Learning and Development, 2023
How does linguistic structure affect children's developing cardinal number knowledge? The bootstrapping theory proposes that children might use syntactic information provided by known words such as quantifiers to bootstrap the meanings of unfamiliar words such as number words. Prior studies of numeral and quantifier development have indicated that…
Descriptors: Correlation, Numeracy, Linguistic Theory, Syntax
Children's Linguistic Repertoires across Dialect and Standard Speech: Mirroring Input or Co-Constructing Sociolinguistic Identities?
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Kaiser, Irmtraud – Language Learning and Development, 2022
The present study analyses 3- to 6-year-old children's dialect-standard repertoires in an Austrian-Bavarian sociolinguistic setting and investigates how far individual repertoires can be explained by input and sociodemographic factors. Adults' linguistic repertoires in the area typically comprise a certain spectrum on the dialect-standard…
Descriptors: Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Maternal Expansions of Child Language Relate to Growth in Children's Vocabulary
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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