Individual Differences in Early Vocabulary Development: Redefining the Referential-Expressive Distinction.

Lieven, Elena V. M.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ450209

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Individual Differences in Early Vocabulary Development: Redefining the Referential-Expressive Distinction.

Lieven, Elena V. M.; And Others

Journal of Child Language, v19 n2 p287-310 Jun 1992

Presents a simple scheme, based on formal categories, for coding stylistic variation in the early lexicon. When applied to the first 50 and 100 words of 12 children between 0;11 and 2;3, the major dimensions of difference are found to be the relative proportion of common nouns and the relative proportion of frozen phrases. (31 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Children, Coding, Evaluation Methods, Individual Differences, Language Acquisition, Verbal Development, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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