EXPRESSIVE VOCABULARY OF CHILDREN FROM TWENTY-TWO TO THIRTY-SIX MONTHS OF AGE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

Authors

  • Márcia Regina Marcondes Pedromônico
  • Luciana Aparecida Affonso
  • Adriana Sañudo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.39691

Keywords:

language assessment, expressive vocabulary, LDS, screening.

Abstract

This study aimed at describing lhe vocabulary of children from twenty-two to thirtysix months of age, inserted into lhe child care program of the Health Center of Vila Mariana - São Paulo. We interviewed lhe mothers of 30 children, 17 (57°^Ó) mate and 13 (43%) female; 15 were between 22 and 28 months of age and 15 were between 29 and 36 months of age. We used lhe Expressive VocabularyAssessmer^ltChecklist (CAPOVILLA & CAPOVILLA, 1997). We calculated the descriptive measures and used ANO^VA for the statistical treatment. The results showed that children around two years of aKe speak an average of ! 95 words. The girls spoke 43 words more than the boys and two words more per sentence. We verified that as age increased, the number of words used and the number of words per sentence also increased in both sexes. The categories that were most spoken by the children were names of people, body parts, actions,
house and objects. We concluded that it is possible to characterize children’s vocabulary and to detect children with utterance delay through the parents’ information.

Author Biographies

  • Márcia Regina Marcondes Pedromônico
    Psicóloga. Doutora em Distúrbios da Comun icação Humana pela Universidade Federal dc São Paulo. Prot`essora Ad junta da Disciplina de Disturbios da Comunicação Humana. Chefe do Setor de Desenvolvimento do Comportamento da Intancia e da Adolescência da Disciplina de Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana da UNIFESP
  • Luciana Aparecida Affonso
    Fonoaudióloga. Especializada em Fonoaudiologia com ênfase em Psiquiatria Int‘antil pela Universidade de São Paulo. Especializada
    em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana pela UNIFESP.
  • Adriana Sañudo
    Estatistica. Mestre em Estatistica pela Universidade de São Paulo. Professora da Disciplina de Bioestatistica da UNIFESP.

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2002-12-19

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2002)

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