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Turn-Taking Predicts Vocabulary Acquisition at 18 Months: A Study of Daylong Recordings


Feurstein, Liudmyla; Furrer, Reinhard F; Stoll, Sabine (2023). Turn-Taking Predicts Vocabulary Acquisition at 18 Months: A Study of Daylong Recordings. In: 47th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Sommerville, MA, 2 November 2022 - 5 November 2022. Cascadilla Press, 255-267.

Abstract

Every child learns their first words at a different pace. Research on first language acquisition has studied the individual variation of children’s linguistic development for decades, trying to determine the contributing factors for this variation [28, 29, 23].
Ever since the seminal study by Hart and Risley [18], the amount of caregiver input has been in the focus of attention as a main variable relevant for early vocabulary acquisition. Hart and Risley attributed individual differences in young children’s language acquisition to the amount of parental talk they heard. They observed that socioeconomic status (SES) correlated with the quantity (eg word count) and the quality (eg utterance complexity and lexical diversity) of speech addressed to children. At the time, the general consensus seemed to be that caregivers should provide as much verbal input to infants as possible to give them a head-start in language learning.

Abstract

Every child learns their first words at a different pace. Research on first language acquisition has studied the individual variation of children’s linguistic development for decades, trying to determine the contributing factors for this variation [28, 29, 23].
Ever since the seminal study by Hart and Risley [18], the amount of caregiver input has been in the focus of attention as a main variable relevant for early vocabulary acquisition. Hart and Risley attributed individual differences in young children’s language acquisition to the amount of parental talk they heard. They observed that socioeconomic status (SES) correlated with the quantity (eg word count) and the quality (eg utterance complexity and lexical diversity) of speech addressed to children. At the time, the general consensus seemed to be that caregivers should provide as much verbal input to infants as possible to give them a head-start in language learning.

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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper), refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Department of Comparative Language Science
07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Mathematics
07 Faculty of Science > Institute for Computational Science
Dewey Decimal Classification:510 Mathematics
Language:English
Event End Date:5 November 2022
Deposited On:25 Sep 2023 14:48
Last Modified:25 Sep 2023 14:49
Publisher:Cascadilla Press
Series Name:BUCLD: Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development
ISSN:1080-692X
ISBN:978-1-57473-087-6
OA Status:Green
Free access at:Official URL. An embargo period may apply.
Official URL:http://www.lingref.com/bucld/47/BUCLD47-21.pdf
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  • Language: English