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Stability and change of maternal speech to Italian infants from 7 to 21 months of age: a longitudinal study of its influence on early stages of language acquisition

Laura D'Odorico

University of Padua, Italy

Nicoletta Salerni

University of Padua, Italy

Rosalinda Cassibba

University of Padua, Italy

Valentina Jacob

University of Padua, Italy

Fourteen Italian infants were observed during play-interaction with their mothers in six laboratory sessions taking place about every two months from 7 to 21 months of age. They were video- recorded and transcribed to obtain data on the frequency of mothers' verbal behaviour and its pragmatic and semantic charac teristics. Infants' productions were also classified as babbling, words or multi-word utterances. Analyses were performed to assess: (a) variations in characteristics of maternal speech with infants' increasing age; (b) stability of individual characteristics of mothers' verbal behaviour; (c) the contribution of children's individual characteristics and mothers' interactive style to language acquisition at 12 and 21 months. Results revealed that both infants' and mothers' individual characteristics make a relevant contribution to the first steps of language acquisition. However, after the first year of age, infants' individual differences are more responsible for the outcomes of the second year.

First Language, Vol. 19, No. 57, 313-346 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/014272379901905702
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