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What paves the way to conventional language? The predictive value of babble, pointing and SES
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McGillion, Michelle L., Herbert, Jane, Pine, Julian M, Vihman, Marilyn May, DePaolis, Rory, Keren-Portnoy, Tamar and Matthews, Danielle (2017) What paves the way to conventional language? The predictive value of babble, pointing and SES. Child Development, 88 (1). pp. 156-166. doi:10.1111/cdev.12671 ISSN 0009-3920.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12671
Abstract
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 babbling, pointing and word production for 46 infants observed monthly between the ages of 9 and 18 months. Babbling and pointing did not develop in tight synchrony and babble onset alone predicted first words. Pointing and maternal education emerged as predictors of lexical knowledge only in relation to a measure taken at 18months. This suggests a far more important role for early phonological development in the creation of the lexicon than previously thought.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Interpersonal communication in infants, Language acquisition, Speech and gesture | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Child Development | |||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. | |||||||||
ISSN: | 0009-3920 | |||||||||
Official Date: | January 2017 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 88 | |||||||||
Number: | 1 | |||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 156-166 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.12671 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: McGillion, M. , Herbert, J. S., Pine, J. , Vihman, M. , dePaolis, R. , Keren‐Portnoy, T. and Matthews, D. (2017), What Paves the Way to Conventional Language? The Predictive Value of Babble, Pointing, and Socioeconomic Status. Child Dev, 88: 156-166. doi:10.1111/cdev.12671, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12671. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 July 2019 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 July 2019 | |||||||||
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