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Bloom, Lois; And Others – Monographs of the Society For Research in Child Development, 1975
Concerns the language development of four children between the ages of 19 and 26 months, as they progressed from single-word utterances to a mean length of utterance of 2.5 morphemes. The observed developmental sequence is described and possible linguistic and cognitive explanations for it are discussed.
Descriptors: Child Language, Infants, Language Acquisition, Linguistics
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Bloom, Lois; Tinker, Erin – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2001
Examined 2-year-olds' language acquisition with an emphasis on the agency and intentionality of the child. Concluded that development depends on the child's expression of intentionality by actions (performance), the essential tension between the child's engagement and effort, and the integration of linguistic, cognitive, and social aspects of the…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Individual Development
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Bloom, Lois – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2000
Describes the richness of Hollich et al.'s model of language acquisition. Presents concerns about focus on object words in word learning research, the phantom child in the model, and the missing affect in theories and research on word learning. Suggests that experimental work inspired by principles and constraints theory and observational work…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Infants