Journal
JOURNAL OF CHILD LANGUAGE
Volume 44, Issue 3, Pages 677-694Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000916000209
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- NSF [BCS-1528526]
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1528526] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) are a widely used family of parent-report instruments for easy and inexpensive data-gathering about early language acquisition. CDI data have been used to explore a variety of theoretically important topics, but, with few exceptions, researchers have had to rely on data collected in their own lab. In this paper, we remedy this issue by presenting Wordbank, a structured database of CDI data combined with a browsable web interface. Wordbank archives CDI data across languages and labs, providing a resource for researchers interested in early language, as well as a platform for novel analyses. The site allows interactive exploration of patterns of vocabulary growth at the level of both individual children and particular words. We also introduce wordbankr, a software package for connecting to the database directly. Together, these tools extend the abilities of students and researchers to explore quantitative trends in vocabulary development.
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