Influence of domestic dialect on language development of children

LIN Yuan-yuan; ZHANG Yi-wen; LIU Xue-man; LEE Wendy

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2020-0443

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2020, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (8) : 849-853. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2020-0443

Influence of domestic dialect on language development of children

LIN Yuan-yuan¹, ZHANG Yi-wen¹, LIU Xue-man², LEE Wendy²

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Objective To explore the influence of domestic dialect on language development of children, thus to provide theoretical reference for discussing the reasons for developmental language disorder. Methods Totally 688 children aged 35.1—95.7 months in Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center from November 2015 to September 2019, were enrolled in this study.According to their language exposure in family, 151 children were selected as mandarin group and 537 children were in dialect group.Chi-square test and Mann-Whitney U test were run to examine the differences on language abilities between two groups. Results There were no significant differences on age, gender composition and the proportion of developmental language disorder between mandarin group and dialect group (P>0.05).Moreover, difference was not found on five dimensions of language abilities between children with and without developmental language disorder, including total language, receptive, expressive, semantic and syntax (P >0.05). Conclusions Domestic dialect has no adverse effect on children's language development.On the contrary, the quality and quantity of language exposure is more important for early language development.

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developmental language disorder / language development / dialect environment

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LIN Yuan-yuan, ZHANG Yi-wen, LIU Xue-man, LEE Wendy. Influence of domestic dialect on language development of children[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2020, 28(8): 849-853 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2020-0443

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