Mothers' Speech Addressed to One-, Two-, and Three-Year-Old Normal Children.

Longhurst, Thomas M.|Stepanich, Lyanne

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ERIC Number: EJ113076

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Publication Date: 1975

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Mothers' Speech Addressed to One-, Two-, and Three-Year-Old Normal Children

Longhurst, Thomas M.; Stepanich, Lyanne

Child Study Journal, 5, 1, 3-12, 75

Analysis of mother-child interaction data for 36 children and their mothers revealed that the three groups of mothers' verbal interactions differed significantly in their mean length of utterance, percentage of yes-no questions, percentage of information questions, and percentage of clarification questions. (Author/CS)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Psychology, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Patterns, Middle Class Parents, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children, Verbal Communication

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