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Childers, Jane B.; Vaughan, Julie; Burquest, Donald A. – Journal of Child Language, 2007
This study examines infants' joint attention behavior and language development in a rural village in Nigeria. Participants included eight younger (1;0 to 1;5, M age=1;2) and eight older toddlers (1;7 to 2;7, M age=2;1). Joint attention behaviors in social interaction contexts were recorded and coded at two time points six months apart. Analyses…
Descriptors: Verbs, Nouns, Linguistics, Toddlers
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Valian, Virginia; Eisenberg, Zena – Journal of Child Language, 1996
Examines the spontaneous speech of Portuguese-speaking two-year olds in natural conversation with Portuguese-speaking adults. The children were separated into three groups based on Mean Length of Utterance in Words (MLUW). The children in the highest-MLUW group almost perfectly matched the adult speakers on every measure. (37 references)…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis