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Publication details [#49959]

D'Odorico, Laura, Nicoletta Salerni and Chiara Suttora. 2007. A comparison of characteristics of early communication exchanges in mother-preterm and mother-full-term infant dyads. First Language 27 (4) : 329–346.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

baby talk | children's play | mother-child conversation | motherese | passive

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This study highlights differences between the interactive play session patterns of full term- and preterm-baby mothers and their 6 month old infants. Preterm infants' conversations with their mothers showed high maternal responsiveness and infant passiveness.