The use of psychological state words by late talkers at ages 3, 4, and 5 years

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ELIZA CARLSON LEEa1 and LESLIE RESCORLAa1 c1

a1 Bryn Mawr College
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ABSTRACT
The use of four types of psychological state words (physiological, emotional, desire, and cognitive) during mother–child play sessions at ages 3, 4, and 5 years was examined in 30 children diagnosed with delayed expressive language at 24–31 months and 15 age-matched comparison children with typical development. The children's mean length of utterance, total words uttered, lexical diversity, and use of propositional complements were assessed. The late talkers used significantly more physiological state words at ages 3 and 4, but the two groups did not differ in their use of physiological state terms at age 5. The late talkers used significantly fewer cognitive words than the comparison......

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