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Direct linkChládková, Katerina; Paillereau, Nikola – Language Learning, 2020
The young universal listener is an established concept in psycholinguistics. However, it is unclear what abilities universal perception entails and at what age it exists. This article aims to motivate rethinking about what it means to be a universal listener. Early and recent studies on infant speech acquisition are reviewed, considered in the…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Listening Skills, Speech Acts, Auditory Perception
Benitez, Viridiana L.; Bulgarelli, Federica; Byers-Heinlein, Krista; Saffran, Jenny R.; Weiss, Daniel J. – Developmental Science, 2020
Language acquisition depends on the ability to detect and track the distributional properties of speech. Successful acquisition also necessitates detecting changes in those properties, which can occur when the learner encounters different speakers, topics, dialects, or languages. When encountering multiple speech streams with different underlying…
Descriptors: Infants, Language Acquisition, Speech, Monolingualism
Sidhu, David M.; Williamson, Jennifer; Slavova, Velina; Pexman, Penny M. – Journal of Child Language, 2022
Iconic words imitate their meanings. Previous work has demonstrated that iconic words are more common in infants' early speech, and in adults' child-directed speech (e.g., Perry et al., 2015; 2018). This is consistent with the proposal that iconicity provides a benefit to word learning. Here we explored iconicity in four diverse language…
Descriptors: Infants, Preschool Children, Young Adults, Children
Dailey, Shannon; Bergelson, Elika – Developmental Science, 2022
For the past 25 years, researchers have investigated language input to children from high- and low-socioeconomic status (SES) families. Hart and Risley first reported a "30 Million Word Gap" between high-SES and low-SES children. More recent studies have challenged the size or even existence of this gap. The present study is a…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Infants, Socioeconomic Status, Child Language
Wasik, Barbara A.; Farrow, JeanMarie; Hindman, Annemarie H. – Reading Teacher, 2022
Conversations between an adult and a child are effective ways to promote language and vocabulary development in young children. Considerable attention has been paid to teachers asking open-ended questions to promote conversations. However, the feedback that follows the question is also an important part of promoting back-and-forth dialogue, and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Adults, Children, Feedback (Response)
Fuks, Orit – Sign Language Studies, 2022
This longitudinal pilot study examined the pointing behavior of two Israeli Deaf mothers and one hearing mother over the course of their infant's signed/spoken language acquisition. Three aspects were analyzed: (a) frequency of use; (b) function; and (c) pointing form. The findings indicated that the Deaf mothers used pointing more frequently than…
Descriptors: Deafness, Mothers, Infants, Language Acquisition
Plate, Samantha; Yankowitz, Lisa; Resorla, Leslie; Swanson, Meghan R.; Meera, Shoba Sreenath; Estes, Annette; Marrus, Natasha; Cola, Meredith; Petrulla, Victoria; Faggen, Aubrey; Pandey, Juhi; Paterson, Sarah; Pruett, John R., Jr.; Hazlett, Heather; Dager, Stephen; St. John, Tanya; Botteron, Kelly; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Piven, Joseph; Schultz, Robert T.; Parish-Morris, Julia – Child Development, 2022
Infant vocalizations are early-emerging communicative markers shown to be atypical in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but few longitudinal, prospective studies exist. In this study, 23,850 infant vocalizations from infants at low (LR)- and high (HR)-risk for ASD (HR-ASD = 23, female = 3; HR-Neg = 35, female = 13; LR = 32, female = 10; 80% White;…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Verbal Communication, Autism
Weiler, Brian K.; Decker, Allyson L. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2022
To explore the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and language domain (vocabulary, syntax, process), the QUILS was administered to 212 kindergartners. Children from very-high poverty schools performed significantly below children from high poverty and mid-low poverty schools. SES impacts language-learning processes (i.e., fast…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Language Usage, Vocabulary, Syntax
Luyster, Rhiannon J.; Zane, Emily; Wisman Weil, Lisa – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2022
Background and aims: Autism has long been characterized by a range of spoken language features, including, for instance: the tendency to repeat words and phrases, the use of invented words, and "pedantic" language. These observations have been the source of considerable disagreement in both the theoretical and applied realms. Despite…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Oral Language, Repetition, Communication Disorders
Lenhart, Michelle H.; Timler, Geralyn R.; Pavelko, Stacey L.; Bronaugh, Dannette A.; Dudding, Carol C. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: Syntax has been called the structural foundation of language, as its development allows for more efficient and effective communication. Complex syntax production is known to lag in children and adolescents with language impairment. Conversation, narrative, and expository language sampling contexts are recommended tools for the…
Descriptors: Syntax, Language Impairments, Elementary School Students, Sampling
Sim, Jasper Hong; Post, Brechtje – Journal of Child Language, 2022
This study examines the effects of input quality on early phonological acquisition by investigating whether interadult variation in specific phonetic properties in the input is reflected in the production of their children. We analysed the English coda stop release patterns in the spontaneous speech of fourteen mothers and compared them with the…
Descriptors: Phonology, Language Acquisition, Foreign Countries, Mothers
Houston, Derek M. – Child Development Perspectives, 2022
Spoken language outcomes after cochlear implantation are highly variable. Some variance can be attributed to individual characteristics. Research with typically hearing children suggests that the amount of language directed to children may also play a role. However, several moderating factors may complicate the association between language input…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Assistive Technology, Hearing Impairments, Language Role
Mathée-Scott, Janine; Larson, Caroline; Venker, Courtney; Pomper, Ron; Edwards, Jan; Saffran, Jenny; Ellis Weismer, Susan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
To efficiently learn new words, children use constraints such as mutual exclusivity (ME) to narrow the search for potential referents. The current study investigated the use of ME in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and neurotypical (NT) peers matched on nonverbal cognition. Thirty-two toddlers with ASD and 26 NT toddlers participated…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Vocabulary Development, Toddlers, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Pozos, Rose K.; Severance, Samuel; Denner, Jill; Tellez, Kip – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background: Multilingual learners have been overlooked and understudied in computer science education research. As the CS for All movement grows, it is essential to design integrated, justice-oriented curricula that help young multilingual learners begin to develop computational thinking skills and discourses. Purpose: We present a conceptual…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teachers, Multilingualism, Language Acquisition
Singh, Leher; Rajendra, Sarah J.; Mazuka, Reiko – Child Development Perspectives, 2022
Over the past 50 years, scientists have made amazing discoveries about the origins of human language acquisition. Central to this field of study is the process by which infants' perceptual sensitivities gradually align with native language structure, known as "perceptual narrowing." Perceptual narrowing offers a theoretical account of…
Descriptors: Infants, Cognitive Development, Child Development, Language Acquisition
