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Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Compared the language and play of U.S. and Japanese toddlers and their mothers. In both cultures, variability in toddler language and play was associated with variability in maternal language and play stimulation. U.S. toddlers were more advanced in productive and receptive vocabularies, whereas Japanese toddlers were more advanced in symbolic…
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