Syntax and Vocabulary of Mothers' Speech to Young Children: Age and Sex Comparisons Export

@article{citeulike:5998550, abstract = {This study compared speech addressed to children with speech addressed to an adult; 10 measures of syntax and vocabulary were used. In addition, comparisons were made of speech addressed to children of different ages (8, 18, and 28 months) and sexes. Significant differences between speech addressed to children and speech addressed to an adult were found in all measures. In 7 measures, significant differences were found between speech addressed to 18-month children and speech addressed to 28-month children. In general these findings obtain equally for separate samples of boys and girls.}, author = {Phillips, Juliet R.}, citeulike-article-id = {5998550}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1127699}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/1127699}, comment = {Gives some type-token ratio values for younger children (8-28 mo.). Cited by Retherford's Guide to Analysis of Language Transcripts book.}, doi = {10.2307/1127699}, issn = {00093920}, journal = {Child Development}, keywords = {language-development, lexical-development, teaching, type-token-ratio}, number = {1}, pages = {182--185}, posted-at = {2009-10-23 21:43:26}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the Society for Research in Child Development}, title = {Syntax and Vocabulary of Mothers' Speech to Young Children: Age and Sex Comparisons}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1127699}, volume = {44}, year = {1973} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5998550 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5998550 N2 - This study compared speech addressed to children with speech addressed to an adult; 10 measures of syntax and vocabulary were used. In addition, comparisons were made of speech addressed to children of different ages (8, 18, and 28 months) and sexes. Significant differences between speech addressed to children and speech addressed to an adult were found in all measures. In 7 measures, significant differences were found between speech addressed to 18-month children and speech addressed to 28-month children. In general these findings obtain equally for separate samples of boys and girls. IS - 1 JF - Child Development SN - 00093920 EP - 185 TI - Syntax and Vocabulary of Mothers' Speech to Young Children: Age and Sex Comparisons PB - Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the Society for Research in Child Development VL - 44 SP - 182 KW - language-development KW - lexical-development KW - teaching KW - type-token-ratio N1 - Gives some type-token ratio values for younger children (8-28 mo.). Cited by Retherford's Guide to Analysis of Language Transcripts book. AU - Phillips, Juliet PY - 1973/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1127699 ER -