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Hila Gendler-Shalev; Rama Novogrodsky – First Language, 2024
Toddlers with smaller vocabulary than expected for their age are considered late talkers (LT). This study explored the effects of characteristics of words on vocabulary acquisition of 12- to 24-month-old LT children compared with an age matched (AM) and a vocabulary matched (VM) group of typically developing peers. Using the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Phonology, Hebrew, Language Skills
Barnes, Julia – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2011
Contexts of limited input such as trilingual families where a language is not spoken in the wider community but only by a reduced number of speakers in the home provide a unique opportunity to examine closely the relationship between a child's input and what she learns to say. Barnes reported on the relationship between maternal input and a…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Parent Background, Cultural Influences, Multilingualism
Foster-Cohen, Susan; Edgin, Jamie O.; Champion, Patricia R.; Woodward, Lianne J. – Journal of Child Language, 2007
This study examined the effects of being born very preterm on children's early language development using prospective longitudinal data from a representative regional cohort of 90 children born very preterm (gestational age less than 33 weeks and/or birth weight less than 1,500 grams) and a comparison sample of 102 children born full term…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Premature Infants, Foreign Countries, Language Skills

Odegaard, Joanne M.; May, Frank B. – Elementary School Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, English, Grammar

Caulfield, Rick – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2002
Examines the process of language acquisition as well as scientists' understanding of the intricate process of learning to talk. Specifically addresses: (1) foundations of language; (2) prenatal period; (3) first month after birth; and (4) conversation. Also discusses adult-child activities that stimulate language-learning. (SD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Developmental Stages, Infants, Language Acquisition
Hynes, Geraldine E. – Speech Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment, Language Patterns

Hulme, Charles; And Others – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1995
Develops a psychologically plausible model of the development of word-naming skills in children in order to verify psychological evidence indicating the importance of children's underlying phonological skills as determinants of the ease with which they learn to read. This model is highly successful in learning the pronunciations of single-syllable…
Descriptors: Child Language, Dyslexia, Language Patterns, Language Skills
Kaplan, Eleanor L. – 1970
It is the contention here that the "prelinguistic" period is an important phase of the language acquisition process. Accordingly the research reported represents an attempt to begin mapping out the types of linguistically relevant information to which a young child attends. Specifically it is hypothesized that young children are…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Child Language, Comprehension, Infants

Cazden, Courtney B. – Young Children, 1970
Discusses current research in child language to help teachers understand how young children acquire language skills. (DR)
Descriptors: Child Language, Curriculum Development, Dialects, Language Acquisition
Ingram, David – 1970
The major purpose of this paper is to initiate discussion on the validity of systematic phonemics in the area of language acquisition. This is not an attempt to write a phonology, but rather an outline of some theoretical and formal devices that may be used for gaining insight into the phonological system of the child. An evaluation procedure…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Generative Phonology, Intellectual Development
Nemanich, Donald Dean – 1968
Verbs (4800) from 1200 compositions written by Nebraska students (grades 3-6) were examined using the most sophisticated grammatical analysis available to determine children's use of the English verb system and to compare their use to recent studies of the verb in adult writing. Information obtained included the following items: Children used…
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Fluency

Abkarian, G. G. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1988
Production of the deictic verbs "bring" and "take" was evaluated among 88 normally functioning elementary school children. Results showed that data evaluation procedures greatly influenced conclusions, the second-to-emerge form was easier to learn in a conventional way, and the second term was the proactive stimulus for…
Descriptors: Child Language, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods

Volden, Joanne; Lord, Catherine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
This study of 80 autistic (ages 6-18), mentally handicapped, and normal children found that more autistic subjects used neologisms and idiosyncratic language than age- and language-skill-matched control groups. More autistic children used words inappropriately that were neither phonologically nor conceptually related to intended English words than…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Language, Echolalia, Elementary Secondary Education

Milner, Joseph O. – 1977
A study was undertaken to see whether developmental patterns of language acquisition could be discovered in children beyond age five. Specifically, the study attempted to uncover a pattern in the development of the skill of stress interpretation, or the understanding of the effect of emphasis of a particular word on the deep structure of the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Deep Structure, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Mood, Darlene Weisblatt – 1975
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of varying the semantic content of active and passive sentences along a dimension of "personalness" on the comprehension of those sentences by preschool age children. The study focuses on a current linguistic controversy dealing with the relative adequacy of syntax-based and…
Descriptors: Child Language, English, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns