Differences between Girls and Boys in Emerging Language Skills: Evidence from 10 Language Communities

Autor/inn/en	Eriksson, Marten; Marschik, Peter B.; Tulviste, Tiia; Almgren, Margareta; Perez Pereira, Miguel; Wehberg, Sonja; Marjanovic-Umek, Ljubica; Gayraud, Frederique; Kovacevic, Melita; Gallego, Carlos
Titel	Differences between Girls and Boys in Emerging Language Skills: Evidence from 10 Language Communities
Quelle	In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 30 (2012) 2, S.326-343 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-510X
DOI	10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02042.x
Schlagwörter	Females; Language Skills; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Age Differences; Cross Cultural Studies; Language Acquisition; Social Influences; German; Indo European Languages; Spanish; French; Slavic Languages; Comprehension; Infants; Toddlers; Children; Nonverbal Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Sozialer Einfluss; Deutscher; Indoeuropäisch; Spanisch; Französisch; Slawische Sprache; Verstehen; Verständnis; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Child; Kind; Kinder; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation
Abstract	The present study explored gender differences in emerging language skills in 13,783 European children from 10 non-English language communities. It was based on a synthesis of published data assessed with adapted versions of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) from age 0.08 to 2.06. The results showed that girls are slightly ahead of boys in early communicative gestures, in productive vocabulary, and in combining words. The difference increased with age. Boys were not found to be more variable than girls. Despite extensive variation in language skills between language communities, the difference between girls and boys remained. This suggests that the difference is caused by robust factors that do not change between language communities. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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