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Socioeconomic Disparities in the Comprehension of Lexical Categories. A Study with Spanish-Speaking Argentinian Toddlers
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Rosemberg, Celia Renata; Alam, Florencia – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2021
This study documents the effects of social inequality on different dimensions of lexical comprehension in Spanish-speaking Argentinian toddlers, a population in which socioeconomic differences are more striking than in previously studied populations. Using a performance-based forced-choice lexical recognition task implemented on a tablet, an…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Spanish Speaking, Foreign Countries
Variation Sets in the Speech Directed to Toddlers in Argentinian Households. SES and Type of Activity Effects
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Alam, Florencia; Rosemberg, Celia Renata; Garber, Leandro; Stein, Alejandra – Journal of Child Language, 2022
The study adopts a naturalistic perspective, looking at the relationship between socio-economic status (SES), activities and variation sets in child-directed speech (CDS) to Spanish-speaking Argentinian toddlers. It aims to determine the effect of SES and type of activity on the proportion of words and utterances in variation sets and on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Toddlers, Speech Communication
Latin American Early Childhood Education and Social Vulnerability Links to Toddlers' Executive Function and Early Communication (La educación temprana en Latinoamérica y las relaciones de la vulnerabilidad social con las funciones ejecutivas y la comunicación temprana en la primera infancia)
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Gago-Galvagno, Lucas G.; Miller, Stephanie E.; De Grandis, María C.; Elgier, Ángel M. – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
Several studies have analysed the impact of attending early childhood education centres on communication, regulatory skills and social-emotional development. These educational institutions have increased in presence annually, partially due to the access of women to the labour market. It has been found that infant education may modulate development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Infants, Mothers
Early Vocabulary in Two Varieties of South American Spanish: Quantitative and Qualitative Differences
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Resches, Mariela; Junyent, Andrea; Fernández-Flecha, María; Blume, María; Kohan-Cortada, Ana – First Language, 2023
This article presents a cross-cultural comparison of the size and composition of the expressive vocabulary of young children speaking two dialectal varieties of South American Spanish. Ninety-one Peruvian and 91 Argentinian toddlers (mean age: 22.5 months), matched on gender, age and maternal education, were assessed through the respective…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Gender Differences, Nouns, Language Variation