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A multiple form word production checklist for assessing early language*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

J. Steven Reznick  and
Lynn Goldsmith
J. Steven Reznick*
Affiliation:
Yale University
Lynn Goldsmith
Affiliation:
Harvard University
*
Department of Psychology, Box 11-A Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-7447, USA.
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Abstract

We describe the development of a set of five equivalent checklists to assess word production of children in their second year. The words on each list do not overlap, but represent comparable levels of difficulty. Thus, individual lists may be used to estimate the child's production vocabulary, and the set of lists may be used serially in a longitudinal design.

A validation study on 25 infants suggests that the five lists produce comparable mean production scores, reflect differences in age, and preserve individual differences in total production and production of linguistic categories such as nouns, verbs, open class items, and closed class items. This finding provides further support for the reliability of parental report instruments in this developmental domain.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 1989 , pp. 91 - 100
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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Footnotes

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The authors appreciate comments on earlier versions of this manuscript from Elizabeth Bates, Jerome Kagan, Philip Dale, Beverly Goldfield, Donna Thal, Catherine Snow, and Robin Chapman. They also thank Cathy Harris for assistance with calculating norms. This research was supported by a grant from the New England Node of the John B. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Network on the Transition from Infancy to Childhood.

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