Early Vocabulary and Gestures in Estonian Children

Autor/inn/en	Schults, Astra; Tulviste, Tiia; Konstabel, Kenn
Titel	Early Vocabulary and Gestures in Estonian Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 39 (2012) 3, S.664-686 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000911000225
Schlagwörter	Language Acquisition; Nouns; Prediction; Cognitive Processes; Young Adults; Finno Ugric Languages; Measures (Individuals); Nonverbal Communication; Regression (Statistics); Correlation; Form Classes (Languages); Age Differences; Birth Order; Mothers; Educational Attainment; Oral Language; Language Processing; Gender Differences; Vocabulary Development; Infants; Foreign Countries; Estonia; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Vorhersage; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Messdaten; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation; Analytischer Sprachbau; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geburtenfolge; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Sprachverarbeitung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Wortschatzarbeit; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Ausland; Estland
Abstract	Parents of 592 children between the age of 0 ; 8 and 1 ; 4 completed the Estonian adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (ECDI Infant Form). The relationships between comprehension and production of different categories of words and gestures were examined. According to the results of regression modelling the production of object gestures and gestural routines was positively correlated with the use of all the word categories. Comprehension of common nouns was positively correlated to the production of common nouns and predicates, whereas the comprehension of predicates was negatively correlated to the production of common nouns and social terms. The older the children were the more they produced words from each category. Girls were reported to produce more social terms. First-born children had an advantage over later-born children in the production of common nouns. Maternal educational level was associated with the production of common nouns and predicates. (Contains 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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