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The Danish Communicative Developmental Inventories: validity and main developmental trends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2008

DORTHE BLESES ,
WERNER VACH ,
MALENE SLOTT ,
SONJA WEHBERG ,
PIA THOMSEN ,
THOMAS O. MADSEN  and
HANS BASBØLL
DORTHE BLESES*
Affiliation:
Center for Child Language, Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark
WERNER VACH
Affiliation:
Center for Child Language, Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark and Department of Statistics, University of Southern Denmark
MALENE SLOTT
Affiliation:
Center for Child Language, Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark
SONJA WEHBERG
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Southern Denmark and Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark
PIA THOMSEN
Affiliation:
Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark
THOMAS O. MADSEN
Affiliation:
Center for Child Language, Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark
HANS BASBØLL
Affiliation:
Center for Child Language, Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark
*
*Address for correspondence: Dorthe Bleses, Center for Child Language, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper presents a large-scale cross-sectional study of Danish children's early language acquisition based on the Danish adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI). Measures of validity and reliability imply that the Danish adaptation of the American CDI has been adjusted linguistically and culturally in appropriate ways which makes it suitable for tapping into Danish children's language acquisition. The study includes 6,112 randomly selected children in the age of 0 ; 8 to 3 ; 0, and results related to the development of early gestures, comprehension and production of words as well as grammatical skills, are presented.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , August 2008 , pp. 651 - 669
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Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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