References

...for review of literature of language delays in twins from the MIT Twins Study

This reference list and the review were compiled by Jennifer Ganger, a Postdoc in the Department of Psychology at The University of Pittsburgh.

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Day, E. J. (1932) The development of language in twins. 1. A comparison of twins and single children. 2. The development of twins: their resemblances and differences. Child Development 3: 179-199, 298-316.

Cescato, M. S., & Mertin, P. G. (1986). Cognitive functioning of children born with very low birth weight. In Pratt, C., Gartow, A. F., Turmer, W. E., Nesdale, A. R., (Eds.), Research issues in child development. Allen & Unwin.

Conway, D., Lytton, H., & Pysh, F. (1980). Twin-singleton language differences. Canad. J. Behav. Sci 12: 264-271.

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Lytton, H. (1980). Parent-child interaction. The socialization process observed in twin and singleton families. Plenum, New York.

Lytton, H., Conway, D., & Sauve, R., (1977). The impact of twinship on parent-child interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 25, 97-107.

Malmstrom, P. M., & Silva, M. N. (1986). Twin talk: manifestations of twins status in the speech of toddlers. Journal of Child Language, 13, 293-304.

Matheny, A. P., Jr., & Bruggemann, C. (1972). Articulation proficiency in twins and singletons from families of twins. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 15: 845-851.

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Mittler, P. (1970). Biological and social aspects of language development in twins. Develop. Med. Child Neurol., 12 741-757.

Mohay, H., Burns, Y., & Luke, D. (1986). The effects of prenatal and postnatal twin environments on development. In Pratt, C., Gartow, A. F., Turmer, W. E., Nesdale, A. R., Research issues in child development. Allen & Unwin.

Mogford, K. (1993). Language development in twins. In D. Bishop & K. Mogford (Eds.), Language development in exceptional circumstances (pp. 80-95). Hove, UK: Lawrence Erlbaum.

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Reznick, J. S. (In press?). Intelligence, language, nature, and nurture in young twins. In R. J. Sternberg & E. L. Grigorenko (Eds.), Inteligence, heredity, and environement. Cambridge University Press.

Reznick, J. S., Corley, R., & Robinson, J. (In press). A longitudinal twin study of intelligence in the second year. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development..

Savic, S. (1979). Mother-child verbal interaction: The functioning of completions in the twin situation. Journal of Child Language, 6, 153-158.

Savic, S. (1980). How twins learn to talk. New York: Academic Press.

Stafford, L. (1987). Maternal input to twin and singleton children: Implications for langage acquisition. Human Communication Research, 13, 429-462.

Tomasello, M., Mannle, S. & Kruger, A. (1986). Linguistic environment of 1- to 2-year-old twins. Developmental Psychology, 22, 169-176.

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