Sociodemographic and Pre-Linguistic Factors in Early Vocabulary Acquisition

Here, we studied the beginnings of language development, jointly assessing two groups of precursors, sociodemographic and pre-linguistic, that have previously been studied separately. Thus, the general objective of this study was to explore which factors best explained the acquisition of initial exp...

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Autores: Serrat Sellabona, Elisabet, Aguilar Mediavilla, Eva M., Sanz Torrent, Mònica, Andreu Barrachina, Llorenç, Amadó Codony, Anna, Serra i Raventós, Miquel
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Llenguatge i llengües -- Adquisició
Language acquisition
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spelling Sociodemographic and Pre-Linguistic Factors in Early Vocabulary AcquisitionSerrat Sellabona, ElisabetAguilar Mediavilla, Eva M.Sanz Torrent, MònicaAndreu Barrachina, LlorençAmadó Codony, AnnaSerra i Raventós, MiquelLlenguatge i llengües -- AdquisicióLanguage acquisitionHere, we studied the beginnings of language development, jointly assessing two groups of precursors, sociodemographic and pre-linguistic, that have previously been studied separately. Thus, the general objective of this study was to explore which factors best explained the acquisition of initial expressive vocabulary. The sample consisted of 504 participants from Catalan-speaking homes with ages ranging between 10 and 18 months. The data were obtained through the MacArthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MCB-CDIs). Vocabulary development shows a lexical spurt at 17 months. Regression analyses show that pre-linguistic factors have more explanatory power of than sociodemographic ones. Within the sociodemographic variables, age, birth order and birth weight explain part of the vocabulary variance. With respect to pre-linguistic variables, imitation, late gestures and phrase comprehension are predictors of the initial vocabulary acquisition. Specifically, imitation and late gestures were the pre-linguistic behaviours that made it possible to distinguish between children with higher and lower levels of vocabulary. We discussed these findings in relation to their relevance for language acquisition and for the early assessment of linguistic competenceThis work was partially supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividaad and the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (PSI2015-69419-R; MINECO-FEDER)MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Espanya)2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpeer-reviewedapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/19388Children, 2021, vol. 8, núm. 3, p. 206Articles publicats (D-PS)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/children8030206info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2227-9067PSI2015-69419-Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//PSI2015-69419-RAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/193882026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sociodemographic and Pre-Linguistic Factors in Early Vocabulary Acquisition
title Sociodemographic and Pre-Linguistic Factors in Early Vocabulary Acquisition
spellingShingle Sociodemographic and Pre-Linguistic Factors in Early Vocabulary Acquisition
Serrat Sellabona, Elisabet
Llenguatge i llengües -- Adquisició
Language acquisition
title_short Sociodemographic and Pre-Linguistic Factors in Early Vocabulary Acquisition
title_full Sociodemographic and Pre-Linguistic Factors in Early Vocabulary Acquisition
title_fullStr Sociodemographic and Pre-Linguistic Factors in Early Vocabulary Acquisition
title_full_unstemmed Sociodemographic and Pre-Linguistic Factors in Early Vocabulary Acquisition
title_sort Sociodemographic and Pre-Linguistic Factors in Early Vocabulary Acquisition
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Serrat Sellabona, Elisabet
Aguilar Mediavilla, Eva M.
Sanz Torrent, Mònica
Andreu Barrachina, Llorenç
Amadó Codony, Anna
Serra i Raventós, Miquel
author Serrat Sellabona, Elisabet
author_facet Serrat Sellabona, Elisabet
Aguilar Mediavilla, Eva M.
Sanz Torrent, Mònica
Andreu Barrachina, Llorenç
Amadó Codony, Anna
Serra i Raventós, Miquel
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author2 Aguilar Mediavilla, Eva M.
Sanz Torrent, Mònica
Andreu Barrachina, Llorenç
Amadó Codony, Anna
Serra i Raventós, Miquel
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Espanya)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Llenguatge i llengües -- Adquisició
Language acquisition
topic Llenguatge i llengües -- Adquisició
Language acquisition
description Here, we studied the beginnings of language development, jointly assessing two groups of precursors, sociodemographic and pre-linguistic, that have previously been studied separately. Thus, the general objective of this study was to explore which factors best explained the acquisition of initial expressive vocabulary. The sample consisted of 504 participants from Catalan-speaking homes with ages ranging between 10 and 18 months. The data were obtained through the MacArthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MCB-CDIs). Vocabulary development shows a lexical spurt at 17 months. Regression analyses show that pre-linguistic factors have more explanatory power of than sociodemographic ones. Within the sociodemographic variables, age, birth order and birth weight explain part of the vocabulary variance. With respect to pre-linguistic variables, imitation, late gestures and phrase comprehension are predictors of the initial vocabulary acquisition. Specifically, imitation and late gestures were the pre-linguistic behaviours that made it possible to distinguish between children with higher and lower levels of vocabulary. We discussed these findings in relation to their relevance for language acquisition and for the early assessment of linguistic competence
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