Effect of Sex and Dyad Composition on Speech and Gesture Development of Singleton and Twin Children

Autor/inn/en	Ozturk, Sumeyra; Pinar, Ebru; Ketrez, F. Nihan; Özcaliskan, Seyda
Titel	Effect of Sex and Dyad Composition on Speech and Gesture Development of Singleton and Twin Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 48 (2021) 5, S.1048-1066 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000920000744
Schlagwörter	Child Language; Gender Differences; Nonverbal Communication; Twins; Vocabulary Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Geschlechterkonflikt; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Twin; Zwilling; Wortschatzarbeit
Abstract	Children's early vocabulary shows sex differences -- with boys having smaller vocabularies than age-comparable girls -- a pattern that becomes evident in both singletons and twins. Twins also use fewer words than their singleton peers. However, we know relatively less about sex differences in early gesturing in singletons or twins, and also how singletons and twins might differ in their early gesture use. We examine the patterns of speech and gesture production of singleton and twin children, ages 0;10-to-3;4, during structured parent-child play. Boys and girls -- singleton or twin -- were similar in speech and gesture production, but singletons used a greater amount and diversity of speech and gestures than twins. There was no effect of twin dyad type (boy-boy, girl-girl, boy-girl) on either speech or gesture production. These results confirm earlier research showing close integration between gesture and speech in singletons in early language development, and further extend these patterns to twin children. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01