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Schumacher, Nestor – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1973
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, German, Language Enrichment, Language Research
Peer reviewedTomasello, Michael; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1988
Assessment of two-year-olds' (N=22) acquisition of words for referents of previously learned words indicated that young children found it easier to learn a new word when they were able to contrast its referent with that of a word they already knew. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment
Peer reviewedde Viveiros, Christy E.; McLaughlin, Thomas F. – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Examines the effect of teaching signs on the expressive language output of young hearing children. Discusses practical application of this technique for enhancing language development. (EKN)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment
Peer reviewedHuttenlocher, Janellen; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Examined the role of exposure to speech in children's vocabulary growth. Characterized vocabulary growth rates for children from 14 to 26 months of age. Found a relation between individual differences in vocabulary acquisition and variations in the amount of a mother's speech to her children. (BC)
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Individual Differences, Infants, Language Acquisition
