The Development of Internal State Language during the Third Year of Life: A Longitudinal Parent Report Study

Autor/inn/en	Kristen, Susanne; Sodian, Beate; Licata, Maria; Thoermer, Claudia; Poulin-Dubois, Diane
Titel	The Development of Internal State Language during the Third Year of Life: A Longitudinal Parent Report Study
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 21 (2012) 6, S.634-645 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.1767
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Language Acquisition; Infants; Toddlers; German; Vocabulary Development; Questionnaires; Longitudinal Studies; Cognitive Development; Child Language; Scores; Hypothesis Testing; Theory of Mind; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Deutscher; Wortschatzarbeit; Fragebogen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Kognitive Entwicklung; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Deutschland
Abstract	Children's talk about the mind has been scarcely studied in non-English speakers. For this reason, this longitudinal study documents age-related changes in German-speaking children's internal state language. At 24, 30 and 36?months, children were administered general language tests and their internal state vocabulary levels were obtained via parental report. The developmental transition from a vocabulary rich in physiological, perceptual and desire terms to a vocabulary rich in a wider range of mental concepts confirmed previous research with French-speaking and English-speaking children and research in children's internal state comprehension. Further, children's category scores proved to be developmentally stable. Finally, with increasing age, children's category scores became more specifically related to each other, independent of general language skills. The results are discussed in regard to the universality of children's talk about the mind. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10