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Child language with mother and with stranger at home and in the laboratory: a methodological study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2000

MARC H. BORNSTEIN ,
O. MAURICE HAYNES ,
KATHLEEN M. PAINTER  and
JANICE L. GENEVRO
MARC H. BORNSTEIN
Affiliation:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
O. MAURICE HAYNES
Affiliation:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
KATHLEEN M. PAINTER
Affiliation:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
JANICE L. GENEVRO
Affiliation:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Abstract

This methodological study in 33 two-year-olds shows that child speech (total utterances, word roots, MLU) occurs at about the same level in different settings (the familiar home vs. the unfamiliar laboratory), but that children speak more and in more differentiated ways with different people (mother vs. stranger). Child speech also shows significant short- term stability. Girls use more different word roots and speak in longer utterances than do boys. In spontaneous child speech, cross-context generalizations appear warranted, but they also depend on conversational partner and gender of child.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 407 - 420
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

We thank A. Jones, J. Lampard, A. O'Reilly and B. Wright for their assistance.