Talk:Single Word Utterances/@comment-24947466-20150731184115

Language and sensorimotor development during the early period of referential speech. Folger, M. Karen; Leonard, Laurence B.View Profile. Journal of Speech & Hearing Research21.3(Sep 1978): 519-527.

Examined the relation between sensorimotor attainments and linguistic development in children using referential speech at the single- and 2-word utterance levels. Ss were 20 normal 14–24 mo old children, 10 at each of the single and 2-word utterance levels, and 8 31–46 mo old children with difficulties in acquiring language. When age was controlled, the sensorimotor task performance of normals who produced 2-word utterances was highly similar to that of normals limited to single-word utterances. Identical findings were observed for language-disordered children functioning at the single- and 2-word utterance levels. In addition, several children's performances on the sensorimotor tasks were below the level previously thought necessary for the emergence of referential speech. The position is taken that the relationship between sensorimotor development and linguistic development is not as close as has been presumed. (21 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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