Early Vocabulary, Parental Education, and the Frequency of Shared Reading as Predictors of Toddler's Vocabulary and Grammar at Age 2;7: A Slovenian Longitudinal CDI Study

Autor/inn/en	Marjanovic-Umek, Ljubica; Fekonja-Peklaj, Urška; Socan, Gregor
Titel	Early Vocabulary, Parental Education, and the Frequency of Shared Reading as Predictors of Toddler's Vocabulary and Grammar at Age 2;7: A Slovenian Longitudinal CDI Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 44 (2017) 2, S.457-479 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
Schlagwörter	Longitudinal Studies; Vocabulary Development; Toddlers; Grammar; Individual Differences; Prediction; Slavic Languages; Correlation; Parent Child Relationship; Story Reading; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Scores; Infants; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Wortschatzarbeit; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Grammatik; Individueller Unterschied; Vorhersage; Slawische Sprache; Korrelation; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Toddlers; Messdaten
Abstract	The aim of this longitudinal study, carried out on a sample of Slovenian-speaking toddlers, was to analyze developmental changes and stability in early vocabulary development; to establish relations between toddler's vocabulary and grammar; and to analyze the effects of parental education and the frequency of shared reading on toddlers' vocabulary and grammar. The sample included fifty-one toddlers, aged 1;4 at the time of the first, and 2;7 at the time of the last, assessment. Toddlers' vocabulary and grammar were assessed six times during a 15-month period using the Slovenian adaptation of the CDI. Our findings suggest great individual differences in both size and rate of toddlers' vocabulary development. Toddlers' vocabulary scores remained relatively stable across a 3-month period. Early vocabulary at 1;7 predicted vocabulary, sentence complexity, and mean length of utterance (MLU) at 2;7, while the frequency of shared reading mediated the effect of parental education on toddlers' vocabulary and grammar at 2;7. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01