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Referential style at thirteen months: why age-defined cross-sectional measures are inappropriate for the study of strategy differences in early language development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Julian M. Pine  and
Elena V. M. Lieven
Julian M. Pine*
Affiliation:
University of Dundee
Elena V. M. Lieven
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
*
Department of Psychology, University of DundeeUK.
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Abstract

This study examines the relationship between cross-sectional measures of referential style taken at 1;1 and measures based on the first 50 words in 12 first-born children. Since no significant relationship is found it is argued that age-defined cross-sectional measures are inappropriate for the study of strategy differences in early language development because they confound such differences with variation due to differences in development level.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , October 1990 , pp. 625 - 631
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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