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ERIC Number: EJ507204
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-930X
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Infants' Early Verbal Imitation and Their Later Lexical Development.
Masur, Elise Frank
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v41 n3 p286-306 Jul 1995
Examined the relationship between infants' early verbal imitation, when the ability to copy behaviors first emerges, and their lexical development during the second year of life. Twenty infants were examined longitudinally at ages 10, 13, 17, and 21 months. Suggests that infants' early imitation of words not in their repertoires predicts and may facilitate their future lexical development. (AA)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Caregiver Speech, Child Development, Imitation, Infants, Language Acquisition, Longitudinal Studies, Verbal Communication, Verbal Development, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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