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Chang, Lucas M.; Deák, Gedeon O. – Cognitive Science, 2020
Children show a remarkable degree of consistency in learning some words earlier than others. What patterns of word usage predict variations among words in age of acquisition? We use distributional analysis of a naturalistic corpus of child-directed speech to create quantitative features representing natural variability in word contexts. We…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Young Children, Child Language, Context Effect
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McWayne, Christine M.; Melzi, Gigliana; Limlingan, Maria Cristina; Schick, Adina – Developmental Psychology, 2016
For the 5 million low-income Latino children in the United States who are disproportionately impacted by the numerous risk factors associated with poverty, it is essential to identify proximal protective factors that mitigate these risks and bolster the academic and social skills that are foundational to a successful transition into formal…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Hispanic American Students, Low Income Students, Family Involvement
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Li, Fangfang – Child Development, 2012
Speech productions of 40 English- and 40 Japanese-speaking children (aged 2-5) were examined and compared with the speech produced by 20 adult speakers (10 speakers per language). Participants were recorded while repeating words that began with "s" and "sh" sounds. Clear language-specific patterns in adults' speech were found,…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Speech, Oral Language, Adults
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Hoff-Ginsberg, Erika – Journal of Child Language, 1990
Compared four categories of maternal utterances to predict children's rates of syntax development to a category of maternal utterances that was unrelated to syntax development. Results suggested that maternal speech supports the child's development of syntax by engaging the child in linguistic interaction and by providing illustrations of the…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, English, Language Acquisition
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Bortolini, Umberta; Leonard, Laurence B.; Caselli, Maria Cristina – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1998
Children with specific language impairments (eight learning Italian, eight learning English as a first language) were studied for grammatical deficits. Italian-speakers used noun inflections, verb inflections, copula forms more than English-speaking counterparts, matched by utterance length. Articles were used similarly. Results were consistent…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis