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ERIC Number: EJ1380238
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0957-5146
EISSN: EISSN-1472-4421
Socioeconomic Status Differences in the Linguistic Environment: A Study with Spanish-Speaking Populations in Argentina
Stein, Alejandra; Menti, Alejandra Beatriz; Rosemberg, Celia Renata
Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, v43 n1 p31-45 2023
Evidence shows individual variation in lexical acquisition as a function of socioeconomic status and linguistic input. Research has primarily involved English-speaking populations and considered only mothers' child-directed speech. This study analyzes the effects of socioeconomic status on quantitative and qualitative properties of linguistic input -- child-directed and overheard -- to Argentinean children, an understudied population. The data consists of 54 hours of audio recording during home observations of 27 Spanish-learning infants (8-18 months old) from low- and middle-socioeconomic households. Results show the different impact of socioeconomic status on quantitative and qualitative input properties according to the definition of input (child-directed and overheard input from all participants, child-directed from the primary caregiver) adopted in this study.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Argentina (Buenos Aires)
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