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Further Reading

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Carrol, J., Davies, P., & Richman B. (1971). The American heritage word frequency book. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Fash, D. & Madison, C. (1981). Parents' language interaction with young children: A comparative study of mothers and fathers. Child Study Journal, 11, 137-153.

Gleason, J. B. (1975). Fathers and other strangers: men's speech to young children. In Developmental psycholinguistic theories and applications, ed. D. P. Dato, Georgetown University Press, Washington.

Golinkoff, R. & Ames, G. (1979). A comparison of fathers' speech to mothers' speech with their children. Child Development, 50, 28-32.

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Kaplan, P. S., Dungan, J. K., & Zinser, M. C. (2004). Infants of chronically depressed mothers learn in Response to male, But not female, infant-directed speech Developmental Psychology, 50(2), 140-148.

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Rondal, J. A. (1980). Fathers' and mothers' speech in early language development. Journal of Child Language, 7, 353-369.

Tenenbaum, H. R. & Leaper, C. (1997). Mothers' and fathers' questions to their child in Mexican-descent families: Moderators of cognitive demand during play. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 19, 318-332.

Walker, K. & Armstrong, L. (1995). Do mothers and fathers interact differently with their child or is it the situation which matters. Child: Care, Health, and Development, 21, 161-181.

Werker, J. F. & McLeod, P. J. (1989). Infant preference for both male and female infant-directed talk: a developmental study of attentional and affective responsiveness. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 43, 230-246.

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