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A longitudinal investigation of the role of quantity and quality of child-directed speech in vocabulary development.
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Quantity and quality of caregiver input was examined longitudinally in a sample of 50 parent-child dyads to determine which aspects of input contribute most to children's vocabulary skill across early development. Measures of input gleaned from parent-child interactions at child ages 18, 30, and 42months were examined in relation to children's vocabulary skill on a standardized measure 1year later (e.g., 30, 42, and 54months). Results show that controlling for socioeconomic status, input quantity, and children's previous vocabulary skill; using a diverse and sophisticated vocabulary with toddlers; and using decontextualized language (e.g., narrative) with preschoolers explains additional variation in later vocabulary ability. The differential effects of various aspects of the communicative environment at several points in early vocabulary development are discussed.
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Zhao, J., Luo, H., Zhou, Y., Zhong, L., & Lai, J. (2021) · Journal of Chinese Writing Systems · doi:10.1177/25138502211029042 · Cited by 6
“Aside from the quantity of input, quality of parent–child interaction also affects children’s language development (Quiroz et al., 2010; Rowe, 2012; Rowe and Snow, 2020).”
BackgroundLow-Level Speech Recognition of Children with Hearing Aids
Wolfe, J., Duke, M. M., Miller, S. E., Schafer, E. C., Jones, C., Rakita, L., Dunn, A., Battles, J., Neumann, S., & Manning, J. (2021) · Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · doi:10.1055/a-1692-9670 · Cited by 5
Challenges and Opportunities With Deaf Multilingual Learners
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SES vs parent-child interaction: What predicts language skills and executive function?
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“연구들에서 경제력이 높은 가정일수록 부모가 자녀 와 함께 보내는 시간이 많아지고 자녀를 향한 발화 의 양이 증가하며 이러한 (child-directed speech) , 특징이 아동의 인지 정서 그리고 신체 발달에 , , 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것을 확인한 바 있다 (Herrenkohl et al., 1995; Park, 2008; Rowe, 이러한 선행연구들을 고려할 때2008; 2012).”
Dore, R. A., Liu, X., Chaparro-Moreno, L. J., & Justice, L. M. (2022) · Journal of Early Childhood Research · doi:10.1177/1476718x221098661 · Cited by 5
“Rowe (2012), for example, examined child-caregiver interactions at 18, 30, and 42 months, and measured children’s vocabulary comprehension at 30, 42, and 54 months.”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialLeung, C. Y. Y., Trinidad, J. E., & Suskind, D. L. (2022) · Parenting · doi:10.1080/15295192.2022.2115912 · Cited by 5
“Parental use of diverse and sophisticated words at 30 months predicts children’s vocabularies one year later, even after controlling for family SES, parental input quantity, and children’s previous vocabulary skills (Rowe, 2012).”
BackgroundInfluentialMothers’ and fathers’ bimodal communication in dyadic and triadic interaction with their infants
Morelli, M., Baiocco, R., Cattelino, E., & Longobardi, E. (2022) · First Language · doi:10.1177/01427237221126260 · Cited by 5
“Studies have predominantly studied the quantity of parental verbal and non-verbal input that children are exposed to, that is the amount of words and gestures produced by a parent (Rowe, 2012).”
BackgroundBang, J. Y., Bohn, M., Ramírez, J., Marchman, V. A., & Fernald, A. E. (2022) · Developmental Science · doi:10.1111/desc.13354 · Cited by 5
“Moreover, variability in the frequency of caregivers’ use of verbal behaviors (Gilkerson et al., 2018; Huttenlocher et al., 1991; Rowe, 2012; Shneidman & Goldin-Meadow, 2012; Walker et al., 1994; Weisleder & Fernald, 2013) and nonverbal behaviors (Cartmill et al., 2013; Pan et al., 2005; Rowe &…”
Backgroundd’Apice, K., & von Stumm, S. (2023) · Early Childhood Research Quarterly · doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.01.009 · Cited by 5
“Both Jones and Rowland (2017) and Rowe (2012) compared associations between earlier input and later child language, whilst controlling for children’s earlier vocabulary in their analysis.”
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“Increased utterance length is also a characteristic of decontextualized language : extended, abstract discourse that is removed from the physical context of an interaction (Davidson et al., 1986; Rowe, 2012, 2013; Snow, 1983; Uccelli et al., 2019).”
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“…in children ’ s sensitivity to, and use of, different information sources in language learning (Bruner, 1983; Donnelly & Kidd, 2021; Pinker, 1989; Rowe, 2012), the isolation of mechanisms associated with segmentation of speech into words, and generalisation of structure from the non-adjacent…”
Language Development and Behavioral Systems
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“Rowe (2012) also reported that imaginative talking about things not present (i.e., decontextualized talk) produced better language outcomes.”
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Caregiver and child question types during a museum interaction
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“Thus, the quality and type of language use has been shown to be as critical as the quantity of language exposure a child receives (Hart and Risley, 1995; Rowe, 2012; Weisleder and Fernald, 2013; Hirsh-Pasek et al., 2015; Rowe et al., 2017; Rowe and Snow, 2020).”
BackgroundGates, Gaps, and Intergenerational Mobility: The Importance of an Even Start
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The Measurement of Bilingual Abilities
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What does retelling ‘tell’ about children’s reading proficiency?
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rowe, M. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rowe, Meredith L
- ORCID
- Rowe, Meredith L
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2012-09-01
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1762-1774
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8624
- PMC
- PMC3440540
- OpenAlex
- W2125766564
- Cited by
- 1,258
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 48.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Child Development (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01 HD 40605)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R00HD055522, K99/R00HD055522, P01HD040605, K99HD055522, P01 HD406-05)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Keywords
- child-directed speech, caregiver input, vocabulary development, parent-child interaction, input quantity, input quality, narrative, socioeconomic status, toddlers, preschool children, early childhood language development
- MeSH terms
- Child, Child Language, Child, Preschool, Humans, Language Development, Longitudinal Studies, Parents, Socioeconomic Factors, Speech, Vocabulary
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