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Language development in children from different SES backgrounds: babbling onset and consonant characteristics

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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.
Journal: Dutch journal of applied linguistics
ISSN: 2211-7245
Volume: 9
Pages: 132 - 161
Publication year:2020
Keywords:A1 Journal article
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