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Direct linkTan, Tony Xing; Loker, Troy; Dedrick, Robert F.; Marfo, Kofi – Journal of Child Language, 2012
In this study we investigated adopted Chinese girls' expressive English language outcomes in relation to their age at adoption, chronological age, length of exposure to English and developmental risk status at the time of adoption. Vocabulary and phrase utterance data on 318 girls were collected from the adoptive mothers using the Language…
Descriptors: Age, Females, Foreign Countries, Expressive Language
Bouchard, Caroline; Trudeau, Natacha; Sutton, Ann; Boudreault, Marie-Claude; Deneault, Joane – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
The purpose of this article is to examine the language of girls and boys between 8 and 30 months of age, using the Quebec French version of The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories. The findings from this parental report measure confirm those of earlier research, which showed the linguistic superiority of girls over boys at a young age.…
Descriptors: Females, French Canadians, Foreign Countries, French
Peer reviewedMacaulay, Ronald K. S. – Journal of Child Language, 1978
This article discusses the popular belief that girls are more advanced in language development than boys. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Child Language, Females, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency
