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| Title: | Redirective labels and early vocabulary development |
| Author: | Priya Mariana Shimpi |
| Institution: | Mills College |
| Author: | Janellen Huttenlocher |
| Institution: | University of Chicago |
| Linguistic Field: | Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition |
| Abstract: | Parents' object labels can be distinguished by whether the child is already attending to the object (follow-in) or not (lead-in). Lead-in labels have been found to be associated with low vocabulary. The current study examines whether the relation between lead-in labels and child vocabulary is influenced by whether the child's attention is redirected. Eighteen mother–infant dyads were videotaped at 1;2, 1;6 and 1;10. Results indicate that parents' use of successful lead-in labels is positively correlated with children's vocabulary, whereas use of unsuccessful labels is negatively correlated. Finally, use of gesture is associated with the redirective success of lead-in labels. |
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This article appears in Journal of Child Language Vol. 34, Issue 4, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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