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Influence of preterm birth on early lexical and grammatical acquisition

Frédérique Gayraud

CNRS-Lyon2

Sophie Kern

Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage, UMR5596, CNRS-Lyon2, Institut des Sciences de l'Homme, 14 avenue Berthelot, 69363 Lyon Cedex 07, France, Kern{at}univ-lyon2.fr

This study compares early grammatical and lexical acquisition in 323 preterm and 166 full-term children at 24 months. The French MacArthur-Bates parental report was employed for analysis. Gestational age and birth order showed a significant effect on vocabulary size and grammatical distribution. Preterm children showed fewer words and produced more games, routines and animal noises words. Except for the group of extremely premature children, first-born children in each gestational age group produced more words than second-born. In contrast, first-born children exhibited more predicates than second-born children. It is concluded that preterm children show delayed rather than deviant language development.

Key Words: Birth order • French CDI • grammar • lexicon • prematurity

First Language, Vol. 27, No. 2, 159-173 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0142723706075790
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