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Direct linkMancilla-Martinez, Jeannette; Pan, Barbara Alexander; Vagh, Shaher Banu – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
This study investigates the utility and validity of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) for use with low-income parents and their 24- to 36-month-old Spanish-English bilingual children (n = 79). Issues in the interpretation of the integrated CDI/Inventarios del Desarrollo de Habilidades Comunicativas (IDHC) score to index…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Vocabulary, Low Income Groups, Bilingualism
Lee, Joanne – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
This paper investigated the predictive ability of expressive vocabulary size and lexical composition at age 2 on later language and literacy skills from ages 3 through 11. Multivariate analysis of covariance was performed to compare 16 language and literacy outcomes between children with large expressive vocabulary size at 24 months (N = 1,073)…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Multivariate Analysis, Grade 5, Literacy
Peer reviewedArriaga, Rose I.; Fenson, Larry; Cronan, Terry; Pethick, Stephen J. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
This study compared language skills in a group of very low-income toddlers with those of a middle-income sample matched on age and sex. The assessment instrument used was the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory for toddlers, a parent report form. Scores for low-income group were strikingly lower on three key indices evaluated: size of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Expressive Language, Language Skills, Low Income
Peer reviewedPatterson, Janet L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2002
Investigated the relationships of expressive vocabulary size with frequency of being read to and frequency of watching television among 64 bilingual 21- 27-month-old children from homes in which Spanish and English were spoken. Frequency of being read to in each language was positively correlated with expressive vocabulary size. Frequency of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, Expressive Language, Reading Aloud to Others
Peer reviewedPharr, Aimee Baird; Ratner, Nan Bernstein; Rescorla, Leslie – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2000
Longitudinally compared the production of syllable shapes in 10-minute spontaneous speech samples of 20 children with expressive specific language impairment (SLI-E) and 15 typically developing (TD) peers from 24 to 36 months of age. Results are discussed. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
Peer reviewedWatson, Rita – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1989
Analysis of videotapes of 19 parent-child dyads during bookreading when children were 2.5 years old, and subsequent analysis of the children's paradigmatic thought organization at 3.5 years, revealed a significant correlation between superordinate level labels in parents' talk and 3 measures of children's paradigmatic organization. (45 references)…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedRescorla, Leslie; Merrin, Lisa – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
Investigates communicative intent in 31 toddlers who were slow to talk and 32 normally developing toddlers matched on SES, age, and nonverbal cognitive ability. Communicative intent was studied during free play, both with the mother and with an unfamiliar examiner. Late talkers relied more on nonword vocalization, gestures, and gesture/oral…
Descriptors: Body Language, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Expressive Language
