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The Hebrew Communicative Development Inventory: language specific properties and cross-linguistic generalizations.

S L Maital1, E Dromi, A Sagi

  • 1Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel. maitals@construct.haifa.ac.il

Journal of Child Language
|March 31, 2000
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The Hebrew Communicative Development Inventory (HCDI) study shows early language development in toddlers is similar across Hebrew and English. This research highlights cross-linguistic similarities in vocabulary growth and grammar, even between typologically different languages.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (MCDI) are widely used to assess infant and toddler language development.
  • Adapting instruments like the MCDI for different languages and cultures is crucial for cross-linguistic research.
  • Previous research has established patterns of early language acquisition in English-speaking populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To create a Hebrew adaptation of the MCDI, named the HCDI.
  • To evaluate the reliability and sensitivity of the HCDI for measuring Hebrew-speaking toddlers' lexical development and emergent grammar.
  • To compare early language development patterns in Hebrew with those previously observed in English.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the HCDI, incorporating cultural, linguistic, and developmental considerations.

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  • Administered the HCDI to a stratified sample of 253 Israeli mothers with toddlers aged 18 to 24 months.
  • Analyzed Hebrew results and compared them with data from the original MCDI English-speaking sample.

    • Main Results:

    • The HCDI demonstrated reliability and sensitivity in measuring lexical development and emergent grammar in Israeli toddlers.
    • Vocabulary size and age showed a similar relationship in Hebrew and English-speaking toddlers.
    • Growth curves for different word categories (nouns, predicate terms, closed-class words) relative to lexicon size were strikingly similar across both languages.

    Conclusions:

    • The HCDI is a valid tool for assessing early language development in Hebrew-speaking toddlers.
    • Early lexical development in Hebrew and English follows remarkably similar patterns, despite significant typological differences between the languages.
    • Using parallel measurement methods is essential for documenting cross-linguistic similarities in language acquisition.