Pragmatic language development in 18- to 47-month-old Italian children
A study with the Language Use Inventory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20342811 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emiddia Longobardi (0000-0002-0997-0623, corresponding author), Antonia Lonigro (0000-0001-9280-4302), Fiorenzo Laghi (0000-0003-3969-4292, Sapienza University of Rome), Daniela K O’Neill (0000-0003-2555-0386, University of Waterloo) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 252-266 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | First Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-7237 • E-ISSN: 1740-2344 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0142723716689273 |
| OpenAlex | W2580526079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 48 |
The study was designed to investigate pragmatic development and the ability to make comments/questions on social and non-social topics in Italian-speaking children aged 18–47 months. Parents of 190 children completed an adaptation of the Language Use Inventory into Italian. Overall, the children’s performance on the subscales of the LUI-Italian investigating verbal communication increased, while the score on gestural subscales, with both an imperative and a declarative function, decreased with age. Specific analyses of comments and questions about things, self and other people showed specific age-related differences. No main gender effect was found, but an interaction of gender × age group is discussed. The article concludes with limitations and guidelines for future research
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| Citations per year | 1.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |