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https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.62.si.3

Sex differences in early Catalan language acquisition throught the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Cevelopment Inventories

Eva Aguilar-Mediavilla orcid.org/0000-0003-0286-6572 ; Institut de Recerca i Innovació Educativa (IRIE), Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain *
Elisabet Serrat Sellabona orcid.org/0000-0003-0702-0082 ; Departament de Psicología, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
Anna Amadó Codony ; Departament de Psicología, Sociologia i Treball Social, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
Mònica Sanz-Torrent orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-1956 ; Psychology Faculty, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Llorenç Andreu orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-2511 ; Psychology and Education Science Studies, Catalonia Open University, Barcelona, Spain
Miquel Serra-Raventós ; Psychology Faculty, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

* Dopisni autor.

Sažetak

The present study examines sex differences in early language acquisition in Catalan by analysing lexicon and morpho-syntax. A total of 883 parents of children aged 16–30 months completed the MacArthur-Bates CDI. Children were grouped by sex and age (16–20, 21–25, 26–30 months). Results from 2×3 ANOVAs showed that girls outperformed boys in vocabulary, MLU, and Complexity Index. However, post hoc analyses indicated significant differences only in the 21–25-month group. Significant age-by-sex interactions in morpho-syntax suggest varying developmental patterns. These findings indicate that girls’ early advantage appears only at intermediate ages.

Ključne riječi

MacArthur-Bates CDI, sex differences; early language acquisition; vocabulary; mean Length of Utterances (MLU)

Hrčak ID:

346295

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/346295

Datum izdavanja:

15.4.2026.

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