Quantity and quality of parental language input to late-talking toddlers during play
Year: 2005
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study compared the language behaviours of parents of toddlers with language delay (LD) and language ofparents of typically developing toddlers (LN). Results indicate that parents of children with a language delay and children with normal language produced comparable amounts of linguistic input, but differed on some qualitative measures. Parents of children with normal language used more responses, expansions and self-directed speech than parents of toddlers with language delay. Parents may adjust their conversational style to the communicative ability of their children. These results reinforce language behaviours taught in parent training programmes.
Authors: Debra C Vigil, Jennifer Hodges, Thomas Klee
Institutions: University of Nevada, Reno, Newcastle University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2147385564