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Genetic Evidence for Bidirectional Effects of Early Lexical and Grammatical Development
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This article addresses the autonomy hypothesis of vocabulary and grammar and bootstrapping mechanisms in early language development. Two birth cohorts of 1,505 and 1,049 same-sex twin pairs from the UK were assessed at 2 and 3 years on grammar and vocabulary, using adapted versions of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory. Vocabulary and grammar correlate strongly at both 2 and 3 years in both cohorts. Multivariate genetic modeling reveals a consistently high genetic correlation between vocabulary and grammar at 2 and 3 years. This finding suggests the same genetic influences operate for both vocabulary and grammar, a finding incompatible with traditional autonomy hypothesis, at least in early acquisition. Cross-lagged longitudinal genetic models indicate both lexical and syntactical bootstrapping operate from 2 to 3 years.
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- Authors
- Dionne, G., Dale, P. S., Boivin, M., & Plomin, R.
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2003-03-01
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 394-412
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8624
- OpenAlex
- W2024651185
- Cited by
- 232
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 18.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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