Basic Language Comprehension and Production in Greater than 100,000 Young Children from Sixteen Developing Nations

Autor/inn/en	Bornstein, Marc H.; Hendricks, Charlene
Titel	Basic Language Comprehension and Production in Greater than 100,000 Young Children from Sixteen Developing Nations
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 39 (2012) 4, S.899-918 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000911000407
Schlagwörter	Comprehension; Children; Living Standards; Developing Nations; Surveys; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Oral Language; Child Language; Language Acquisition; Expressive Language; Receptive Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verstehen; Verständnis; Child; Kind; Kinder; Lebensstandard; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Korrelation; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit
Abstract	Using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, language comprehension and production were compared in a sample of 101,250 children aged 2 ; 00 to 9 ; 11 and a focus subsample of 38,845 children aged 2 ; 00 to 4 ; 11 from sixteen under-researched developing nations. In the whole sample, comprehension slightly exceeded production; correlations between comprehension and production by country were positive and significant, but varied in size, and the average correlation was positive, significant, and small to medium. Mean comprehension and production varied with child age, reaching an asymptote at 5 ; 00, and correlations between comprehension and production by age were positive, significant, and similar at each age. In the focus subsample, comprehension exceeded production; correlations between comprehension and production by country were positive and significant, but varied in size, and the average correlation was positive, significant, and medium in size. Children in countries with lower standards of living were less likely to demonstrate basic language comprehension or production. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10