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A Mother's Language to Her Twins: One Child Down Syndrome and One Child With Normal Development

Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN

This paper presents a comparison of a mother's language to her Down syndrome child and his normally developing twin, age 2 years, 9 months old. When interacting with the Down syndrome twin, the mother changed her language in the following ways: (1) shorter MLU, (2) greater TTR, (3) more confirmations, (4) more verbal directives, (5) fewer leading wh; yes-no, and true questions, and (6) more directive questions. The differences in the mother's language are discussed in terms of their appropriateness for the delayed child's developmental level.

Communication Disorders Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 1, 11-23 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/152574018801200103


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