Publication
Title
Language development in children from different SES backgrounds: babbling onset and consonant characteristics
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Abstract
The aim of the study is to analyze prelexical speech development in young children with a different socio-economic status (SES): children from low SES backgrounds (lowSES) are compared with mid-to-high SES (mhSES) children. Timing of the onset of babbling and the consonantal development in consonant-vowel (cv) syllables are investigated. Result show that lowSES children reach the babbling onset milestone significantly later than mhSES children. In addition, they use different consonant types in their cv-syllables: they use more glides, but fewer stops, nasals, fricatives, and liquids. These early differences between children of different backgrounds seem to be in line with the literature on SES differences later on in life.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Dutch journal of applied linguistics. - Amsterdam, 2012, currens
Publication
Amsterdam : 2020
ISSN
2211-7245
2211-7253 [online]
DOI
10.1075/DUJAL.19032.VAN
Volume/pages
9 :1-2 (2020) , p. 132-161
ISI
000621182400008
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Child-directed speech and language development: hearing children of different SES backgrounds and deaf children with a cochlear implant.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 30.08.2024
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