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Horvath, Sabrina; Rescorla, Leslie; Arunachalam, Sudha – Journal of Child Language, 2019
Children with language disorders have particular difficulty with verbs, but when this difficulty emerges is unknown. We examined syntactic (transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) and semantic (manner, result) features of two-year-olds' verb vocabularies, contrasting late talkers and typically developing children to look for early differences in…
Descriptors: Syntax, Semantics, Toddlers, Verbs
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Henrichs, Jens; Rescorla, Leslie; Schenk, Jacqueline J.; Schmidt, Henk G.; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Hofman, Albert; Raat, Hein; Verhulst, Frank C.; Tiemeier, Henning – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2011
Purpose: The authors investigated continuity and discontinuity of vocabulary skills in a population-based cohort in the Netherlands. Method: Mothers of 3,759 children completed the Dutch version of the MacArthur Short Form Vocabulary Checklist (Zink & Lejaegere, 2003) at 18 months and a Dutch translation of the Language Development Survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expressive Language, Vocabulary, Indo European Languages
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Roberts, Julie; Rescorla, Leslie; Giroux, Jennifer; Stevens, Lisa – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1998
Naturalistic speech samples of 29 3-year olds diagnosed with specific expressive language delay were compared to 19 age-matched peers in order to determine their improvement in phonological skills since age two. Results revealed no significant differences in number of vocalizations, although there were differences in phonetic inventories,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Consonants, Expressive Language, Language Impairments