Relationships between linguistic and behavioral measures during development
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Miguel Pérez-Pereira
Abstract
Forty-two children were assessed through the Galician adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates scales (IDHC) at 18 and 24 months of age, and spontaneous language measures were also obtained at the same ages. When the children were 48 months old, the Reynell Development of Language Scales, TOM tasks, and the WPPSI-R test were applied. Correlation and regression analyses were performed on these scores. Concurrent validity of the IDHC reached high values as measured through the correlations with spontaneous language measures. Predictive validity of the IDHC reached moderate values. IDHC vocabulary size at 24 months of age seemed to be a good predictor of later language development at 48 months, which in turn predicted TOM performance. An indirect effect of language at 24 months on TOM development is hypothesized.
Abstract
Forty-two children were assessed through the Galician adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates scales (IDHC) at 18 and 24 months of age, and spontaneous language measures were also obtained at the same ages. When the children were 48 months old, the Reynell Development of Language Scales, TOM tasks, and the WPPSI-R test were applied. Correlation and regression analyses were performed on these scores. Concurrent validity of the IDHC reached high values as measured through the correlations with spontaneous language measures. Predictive validity of the IDHC reached moderate values. IDHC vocabulary size at 24 months of age seemed to be a good predictor of later language development at 48 months, which in turn predicted TOM performance. An indirect effect of language at 24 months on TOM development is hypothesized.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction xiii
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Part I. Diverse learning conditions and input characteristics
- Syllable-final /s/ lenition and the acquisition of plural morphology in Spanish-speaking children 3
- The article paradigm in Spanish-speaking children with SLI in language contact situations 29
- Development in early Basque-Spanish language mixing 57
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Part II. The developing syntax and semantics of determiner phrases
- Context and the Scalar Implicatures of Indefinites in Child Spanish 93
- Early determination 117
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Part III. The developing syntax of the verb phrase
- Before grammar 143
- Subjects, verb classes and word order in child Catalan 175
- Person and number asymmetries in child Catalan and Spanish 195
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Part IV. The development of inflectional morphology
- Relationships between linguistic and behavioral measures during development 217
- Temporal interface delay and root nonfinite verbs in Spanish-Speaking children with specific language impairment 239
- Specific language impairment in Spanish & Catalan 265
- Variability in the grammatical profiles of Spanish-speaking children with specific language impairment 283
- Index 303
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction xiii
-
Part I. Diverse learning conditions and input characteristics
- Syllable-final /s/ lenition and the acquisition of plural morphology in Spanish-speaking children 3
- The article paradigm in Spanish-speaking children with SLI in language contact situations 29
- Development in early Basque-Spanish language mixing 57
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Part II. The developing syntax and semantics of determiner phrases
- Context and the Scalar Implicatures of Indefinites in Child Spanish 93
- Early determination 117
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Part III. The developing syntax of the verb phrase
- Before grammar 143
- Subjects, verb classes and word order in child Catalan 175
- Person and number asymmetries in child Catalan and Spanish 195
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Part IV. The development of inflectional morphology
- Relationships between linguistic and behavioral measures during development 217
- Temporal interface delay and root nonfinite verbs in Spanish-Speaking children with specific language impairment 239
- Specific language impairment in Spanish & Catalan 265
- Variability in the grammatical profiles of Spanish-speaking children with specific language impairment 283
- Index 303
