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ERIC Number: EJ328543
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Behavioral and Linguistic Interactions of Specifically Language-delayed and Normal Boys with Their Mothers.
Cunningham, Charles E.; And Others
Child Development, v56 n6 p1389-1403 Dec 1985
Addressing methodological limitations, Study One compared parent-child interactions of normal and language-delayed children; Study Two investigated whether mothers adjust the length of their utterances to the child's ability to comprehend or to produce language; Study Three probed interactional variables associated with variations in the complexity of maternal speech to language-delayed children. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Comprehension, Expressive Language, Foreign Countries, Males, Mothers, Nonverbal Communication, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children, Toddlers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Language Delayed; Normal Children; Ontario; Social Interaction; Speech Complexity