This study examines the role of language environment (number of conversational turns) in
the development of socioemotional competencies between 18 and 30 months. The …

Children's emotional expression and language both develop during infancy and early
childhood, yet these two communication systems have been studied primarily in isolation …

Prompt, appropriate, and contingent maternal behaviors play a role in early language
acquisition, as do individual differences in children's temperament. However, little work has …

Specific temperamental characteristics such as shyness or activity level may affect children's
experiences in ways that contribute to differential outcomes in language and cognitive …

This study examined contemporaneous and longitudinal relations between temperament
and language in toddlerhood and middle childhood. Language was assessed using the …

VER THE LAST 15 years, relationships among the development of communicative and
linguistic abilities and of cognitive and social abilities in young children have received much …

Language and communicative competence provide critical tools for learning, engaging in
social relationships, and behaviour and emotion regulation from infancy onward. This report …

Children acquire language embedded within the rich social context of interaction. This paper
reports on a longitudinal study investigating the developmental relationship between …

Abstract Language input is necessary for language learning, yet little is known about
whether, in natural environments, the speech style and social context of language input to …

Objective. This study investigated relations among parenting, temperament, and early
language, especially parenting as a moderator of the temperament-language association …