What Paves the Way to Conventional Language? The Predictive Value of Babble, Pointing, and Socioeconomic Status

A child's first words mark the emergence of a uniquely human ability. Theories of the developmental steps that pave the way for word production have proposed that either vocal or gestural precursors are key. These accounts were tested by assessing the developmental synchrony in the onset of bab...

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Published in:Child development 2017-01, Vol.88 (1), p.156-166
Main Authors: McGillion, Michelle, Herbert, Jane S., Pine, Julian, Vihman, Marilyn, dePaolis, Rory, Keren-Portnoy, Tamar, Matthews, Danielle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child Development
Child Development - physiology
Child Language
Children
Educational Attainment
Educational Status
EMPIRICAL ARTICLES
Female
Gestures
Humans
Infant
Infant Behavior - physiology
Infant vocalization
Infants
Language acquisition
Language attitudes
Male
Mothers
Nonverbal Communication
Parent Background
Phonetics
Phonology
Pointing
Precursors
Predictor Variables
Production
Social Class
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic Status
Synchrony
Verbal Communication
Word production
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