Child-level ECE quality and toddler language development: a bidirectional perspective.

Authors: Zhao, Fangfang¹ (AUTHOR), Fu, Qianqian² (AUTHOR) fuqian0806@126.com

Source: Early Child Development & Care. Nov2025, p1-20. 20p. 3 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *EXPRESSIVE language, *CROSS-sectional method, *DAY care centers, *EARLY childhood education, *EDUCATIONAL quality

Children’s interpretation of epithets: On coreference and self-ascription.

Authors: Brunetto, Valentina¹ (AUTHOR) V.Brunetto@leeds.ac.uk

Source: Language Acquisition. Nov2025, p1-21. 21p. 5 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: *NOMINALS (Grammar), *CHILDREN'S language, *ANAPHORA (Linguistics), *SCHOOL children, *SUBJECTIVITY

What Happens When Early Childhood Science Teachers Value Student Authorship?

Authors: Lammert, Catherine¹ (AUTHOR) Catherine.Lammert@ttu.edu, Hand, Brian² (AUTHOR), Warren, Alison³ (AUTHOR)

Source: Science Education. Nov2025, p1. 13p.

Subject Terms: *EARLY childhood education, *CHILDREN'S language, *MULTIMODAL user interfaces, *SCIENTIFIC literacy, *EDUCATIONAL equalization, *SCHOOL children, *TEACHING methods, *EXPERIENTIAL learning

Applying an Automatic Classifier for Child‐Directed Speech to Intervention Research: A Reanalysis.

Authors: Ferjan Ramírez, Naja^1,2 (AUTHOR) naja@u.washington.edu, Claflin, Aeddan¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Developmental Science. Nov2025, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p1-7. 7p.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *SCALABILITY, *PARENT-child communication, *LANGUAGE acquisition, *SPEECH therapy, *RANDOMIZED controlled trials, *PARENT-child relationships, *AUTOMATIC classification

Understanding the Developmental Process of the Human Mind and Undertaking Research to Implement Individually Optimized Educational Support in the Field.

Authors: Kobayashi, Tessei¹

Source: NTT Technical Review. Nov2025, Vol. 23 Issue 11, p7-13. 7p.

Subject Terms: *LANGUAGE acquisition, *CHILDREN'S language, *EMPIRICAL research, *EDUCATIONAL support, *COGNITIVE development, *CONSCIOUSNESS, *PARENTING education, *PICTURE books

Cross‐Situational Statistics Present in an Early Language Learning Context: Evidence From Naturalistic Parent–Child Interactions.

Authors: Cain, Ellis S.¹ (AUTHOR) ecain@ucmerced.edu, Ryskin, Rachel A.¹ (AUTHOR), Yu, Chen² (AUTHOR)

Source: Cognitive Science. Jun2025, Vol. 49 Issue 6, p1-21. 21p.

Subject Terms: *STATISTICS, STATISTICAL learning, CHILDREN'S language, LANGUAGE acquisition, ADULT students

The joint effect of screen use and home literacy on children's receptive vocabulary developmental trajectories: A harm reduction perspective.

Authors: Lu, Shan¹ (AUTHOR), Xu, Chenchen^1,2 (AUTHOR), Liu, Xiaoning¹ (AUTHOR), Guo, Wenting¹ (AUTHOR), Xing, Xiaopei¹ (AUTHOR) xingxiaopei2006@126.com

Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 2025 1st Quarter, Vol. 74, p136-148. 13p.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *PRESCHOOL children, *SCREEN time, *LONGITUDINAL method, *HARM reduction, *LITERACY, *DIGITAL technology, *COGNITIVE development

Virtual delivery of the Target Word parent-implemented language intervention: A pragmatic waitlist control study.

Authors: Hatherly, Kathryn^1,2 (AUTHOR), Denusik, Lauren^1,2 (AUTHOR), Earle, Cindy³ (AUTHOR), Oram, Janis² (AUTHOR), Cunningham, Barbara Jane^2,4 (AUTHOR) bj.cunningham@uwo.ca

Source: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Sep2025, p1-16. 16p. 2 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *PHONOLOGY, *LANGUAGE ability, *LINGUISTIC complexity, *PARTICIPATION, *TELEMEDICINE, *LANGUAGE acquisition

Barbara F. Kelly and the study of children's multimodal language socialization.

Authors: Clark, Eve V.¹ (AUTHOR), Rumsey, Alan¹ (AUTHOR) Alan.Rumsey@anu.edu.au

Source: Australian Journal of Linguistics. Sep2025, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p275-288. 14p.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *GESTURE, *FACE-to-face communication, *CONVERSATION, *BODY language, *COOPERATIVE research, *ASSIMILATION (Sociology), *LANGUAGE acquisition

Geographic Terms: PAPUA New Guinea

Children's introductions to story characters in Murrinhpatha, a traditional Australian language.

Authors: Davidson, Lucinda¹ (AUTHOR) lucinda.davidson@unimelb.edu.au, Wigglesworth, Gillian¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Australian Journal of Linguistics. Sep2025, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p315-339. 25p.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *INDIGENOUS children, *NARRATION, *LITERARY characters, *LANGUAGE ability testing

Demonstratives reconsidered: Insights from experimental pragmatics and corpus-based studies.

Authors: Tóth, Enikő¹ (AUTHOR) toth.eniko@arts.unideb.hu, Csatár, Péter¹ (AUTHOR) csatarpeter@unideb.hu

Source: Acta Linguistica Academica. Sep2025, Vol. 72 Issue 3, p319-330. 12p.

Subject Terms: *LINGUISTIC typology, *CHILDREN'S language, *LANGUAGE research, *CORPORA, *PRAGMATICS, *LANGUAGE acquisition

Puzzle, bulmaca, or câu đố lắp hình: A comparison of mono- and multilingual Australian English-speaking children’s performance on the OZI-SF.

Authors: Jones, Kate^1,2,3 (AUTHOR) Kate.Jones@westernsydney.edu.au, Baker, Elise^1,2,4,5,6 (AUTHOR), Kemp, Lynn^4,6 (AUTHOR), Jones, Caroline^1,6 (AUTHOR)

Source: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Aug2025, p1-13. 13p. 1 Illustration.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *VOCABULARY, *STATISTICAL bias, *CATEGORIZATION (Linguistics), *LANGUAGE ability, *BILINGUAL students

Adjectival subcategorization in child-directed speech.

Authors: Gotowski, Megan¹ (AUTHOR) mkgotowski@wm.edu

Source: Language Acquisition. Aug2025, p1-22. 22p. 4 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: *ADJECTIVES (Grammar), *CHILDREN'S language, *PREDICTION models, *LANGUAGE acquisition

Estimating the prevalence of delay in comprehensive and expressive language development in preschool children in Pichincha, Ecuador based on Plithogenic Statistics.

Authors: María Soledad, Andino-Acosta¹ msandino@uce.edu.ec, Mercy Paulina, Guerrero-Olalla² mpguerrero@uce.edu.ec, Patricia Elizabeth, Lima-Rosero³ pelima@uce.edu.ec, Mila, Moreno-Pramatárova⁴ mimoreno@uce.edu.ec, Salomé Shayana, Ruales-Paredes⁵ salome.ruales@hpas.gob.ec, Sylvia Ibeth, Tapia-Tapia⁶ sitapia@uce.edu.ec, Ivonne Cristina, Unda-Vargas⁷ icunda@uce.edu.ec

Source: Neutrosophic Sets & Systems. 2025, Vol. 82, p578-584. 7p.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *LANGUAGE disorders, *LANGUAGE & languages, *EXPRESSIVE language, *LANGUAGE delay

农村2岁幼儿出生后被动吸烟对其神经心理发育影响的队列研究.

Alternate Title: Effect of passive smoking after birth on the neurodevelopment of 2-year-old children: a cohort study in rural areas.

Authors: 刘雅萍¹, 李雪¹, 吴显敏¹, 宋肖肖¹, 李燕¹, 肖霞¹ xiaoxia@kmmu.edu.cn

Source: Modern Preventive Medicine. 2025, Vol. 52 Issue 15, p2775-2785. 6p.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *LANGUAGE acquisition, *LOGISTIC regression analysis, *PASSIVE smoking, *LANGUAGE delay, *RURAL development

Searching for words: picture naming errors and contributing factors in bilingual and monolingual children aged 3–7 years.

Authors: Krysztofiak, Magdalena¹ (AUTHOR) magdalena.krysztofiak@psych.uw.edu.pl, Łuniewska, Magdalena¹ (AUTHOR), Chyl-Tanaś, Katarzyna² (AUTHOR), Hansen, Pernille^3,4 (AUTHOR), Kołak, Joanna⁵ (AUTHOR), Muszyńska, Karolina¹ (AUTHOR), Simonsen, Hanne Gram⁴ (AUTHOR), Wodniecka, Zofia⁶ (AUTHOR), Haman, Ewa¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism. Aug2025, Vol. 28 Issue 7, p707-725. 19p.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *BILINGUAL students, *NATIVE language, *INTERFERENCE (Linguistics), *CATEGORIZATION (Linguistics)

Childhood language development and alexithymia in adolescence: an 8-year longitudinal study.

Authors: Lee, Ka Shu^1,2 (AUTHOR) kashu.lee@psy.ox.ac.uk, Catmur, Caroline^2,3 (AUTHOR), Bird, Geoffrey^1,3,4,5 (AUTHOR)

Source: Development & Psychopathology. Aug2025, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p1165-1175. 11p.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *ALEXITHYMIA, *TREATMENT programs, *PATHOLOGICAL psychology, *ADOLESCENCE, *LONGITUDINAL method, *LANGUAGE disorders

Dictating and Acting Out Stories: A Pathway to Writing for Preschoolers.

Authors: Pesco, Diane¹ (AUTHOR) diane.pesco@concordia.ca, MacLeod, Andrea A. N.² (AUTHOR)

Source: Early Childhood Education Journal. Aug2025, Vol. 53 Issue 6, p1915-1923. 9p.

Subject Terms: *CHILDREN'S language, *WRITING readiness, *CREATIVE ability in children, *DIGITAL storytelling, *STUDENT-centered learning, *NARRATION

Maternal education, early language skills, and mother–child interactions across three welfare states.

Authors: Şengül‐İnal, Gülbin^1,2 (AUTHOR) gulbins@uio.no, Borgen, Nicolai Topstad^1,2 (AUTHOR), Skopek, Jan³ (AUTHOR), Nærde, Ane⁴ (AUTHOR), Zachrisson, Henrik Daae^1,2 (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Marriage & Family. Aug2025, Vol. 87 Issue 4, p1549-1570. 22p.

Subject Terms: *MOTHER-child relationship, *CHILDREN'S language, *EDUCATION of mothers, *LANGUAGE ability, *CROSS-cultural studies, *CHILD development, *PARENT-child communication

Narrative production in English speaking children aged 5–7 years with typical language development and developmental language disorder: Development of a reference data set.

Authors: Leitão, Suze¹ (AUTHOR) S.Leitao@Curtin.edu.au, Claessen, Mary¹ (AUTHOR), Visentin, Denis² (AUTHOR), Calder, Samuel David² (AUTHOR)

Source: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Jul2025, p1-12. 12p. 2 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: *LANGUAGE disorders, *CHILDREN'S language, *REFERENCE values, *NARRATION, *NARRATIVE art, *DISCOURSE analysis, *EXPRESSIVE language