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The Vocabulary Development in Early Infancy: The short-term longitudinal study from 8-18 month

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2005, 18(3), pp.105-123
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

이지연 1 Chang-Song,You-Kyung 2

1서울대학교
2성균관대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was two characteristics of early vocabulary development: the stability between 8 and 18 months of age, and the relationship between receptive and expressive vocabulary. The total of 393 mothers and their infants participated in this study. We visited the infants' home at 8, 12, 15, and 18 months in age. And the ability of infants' language was measured by the vocabulary checklist. Results are as follows: First, infant's vocabulary development showed stability of individual variation across ages. Especially, the correlation of same kind of vocabulary was higher than ones of different kind of vocabulary, and the stability was stronger, as age increased. Second, the number of vocabulary at 12 months could predict the language ability at 18 months. Finally, the receptive vocabulary could predict later the expressive vocabulary. The results implied that based on the number of vocabulary acquired in early infancy, we can expect and explain later language development.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.