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PubMed1992

[Use of pronouns: formal and functional aspects in the early phases of language development].

This article presents findings from empirical studies of the development of the use of pronouns in early child language. This presentation includes discussion of 1) when personal, reflexive, possessive, and indefinite pronominal forms appear in child-initiated contexts, 2) which errors emerge, and 3) which communicative functions utterances with pronouns have in dialogue. A first comparison of German-speaking and (American-)English-speaking children's usage is offered, focussing in particular on the use of the pronominal forms I/ich, you/du, and my/mein. This crosslinguistic comparison reveals differences in the age of first use, but simultaneously suggests similarities in functional characteristics of such usage. The findings are discussed in connection with the question of the development of children's communicative competence.

Child, Preschool↗
PubMed1991

Turn exchange behaviors of children with normally developing language: the influence of gender.

The turn exchanges of normally developing 8-year-old boys and girls were examined within adult-child dyadic interaction. Videotaped language samples were analyzed for gender differences in the children's production of simultaneous and nonsimultaneous speech. The results indicated no gender differences for nonsimultaneous turn exchange behaviors but significant differences in the overlap subtypes and simultaneous resolution patterns between the boys and the girls. Sex of the adult partner influenced the negotiation and ultimate length of the children's turns. The children's gender differences were consistent with the adult literature that characterizes men as more assertive conversationally than women.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

Otitis media, language development, and parental verbal stimulation.

Examined the impact of recurrent otitis media in the first 3 years of life on verbal abilities of 3- to 4-year-old children and the potential for parental verbal stimulation to buffer the negative effects of intermittent hearing loss. Fathers and mothers of 56 children with variable histories of otitis media participated in videotaped parent-child interactions that were used to code level of parental verbal stimulation. Measures of the children's verbal abilities were the McCarthy Verbal Scale Index and a score for the child's verbalizations with each parent. Active and engaging parental verbalizations appeared to buffer the child's developing verbal abilities from the deleterious effects of recurrent otitis. Post hoc analyses examined the implications of task structure and parent sex on parent verbal stimulation. Discussion addresses the importance of paternal involvement for the home language environment and implications for intervention.

Age Factors↗