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The First Signs of Language: Phonological Development in British Sign Language
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Morgan, Gary; Barrett-Jones, Sarah; Stoneham, Helen – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2007
A total of 1,018 signs in one deaf child's naturalistic interaction with her deaf mother, between the ages of 19 and 24 months were analyzed. This study summarizes regular modification processes in the phonology of the child sign's handshape, location, movement, and prosody. First, changes to signs were explained by the notion of phonological…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Young Children, Phonology, Sign Language
The Use of Psychological State Words by Late Talkers at Ages 3, 4, and 5 Years
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Lee, Eliza Carlson; Rescorla, Leslie – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2008
The use of four types of psychological state words (physiological, emotional, desire, and cognitive) during mother-child play sessions at ages 3, 4, and 5 years was examined in 30 children diagnosed with delayed expressive language at 24-31 months and 15 age-matched comparison children with typical development. The children's mean length of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Social Development, Expressive Language, Matched Groups
Effects of Adult Communication Behaviors on Language-Impaired Children's Verbal Output.
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Moellman-Landa, Rebecca; Olswang, Lesley B. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1984
Describes a study of seven language-impaired children that examined the presence and effect of adult communication behaviors that reportedly facilitate children's verbal output. Consecutive adult and child utterances were coded to identify adults' sharing of child's focus, child utterance length, adult utterance type, topic maintenance, lexical…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition, Mothers
Can Variation in Mother-Child Interaction Be Explained by Context and Collectivistic Attitudes?
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Tulviste, Tiia – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2001
Focusing on mother-child verbal interactions in two different contexts, Estonian mothers were videotaped with their 6-year-old children during mealtime and puzzle solving and were asked to fill in a questionnaire on collectivistic attitudes. Results showed mothers' frequency in engaging children in conversation was not related to children's…
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Styles, Mothers, Parent Attitudes
The Relation of Birth Order and Socioeconomic Status to Children's Language Experience and Language Development.
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Hoff-Ginsburg, Erika – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
Variation in mothers' child-directed speech and in their children's rates of language development are examined as a function of childbirth order and family socioeconomic status. Findings suggest that language experience plays a non-trivial role in language development, and that the nature of that role is different for different components of…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Language Acquisition
A Dialogic Analysis of Interaction between Mothers and Their Deaf or Hearing Preschoolers.
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Nienhuys, Terry G.; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1985
Analyzes dialogs between mothers and their deaf or hearing children, while controlling for child age and linguistic ability. Results showed that the conversational interaction in mother-child dyads with deaf children was more restricted than that with hearing children. This seemed to be related to the linguistic ability of the deaf children. (SED)
Descriptors: Child Language, Deafness, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis