Meredith L. Rowe
Decontextualized Language Input and Preschoolers' Vocabulary Development
University of Maryland, College Park
article discusses importance using decontextualized language language removed including pretend narrative explanatory talk preschool children literature parents use decontextualized language reviewed results longitudinal study parent decontextualized language input relation child vocabulary development explained main findings parents provide preschool children explanations narrative utterances past future events input children larger vocabularies 1 year later even quantity parent input child prior vocabulary skill controlled recommendations engage children decontextualized language conversations provided