The Role of Socio-Economic Status on the Language Output of 3-6 year old's during a Naturalistic Museum Study

Author

Serena K. Mueller, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow

Date of Award

Spring 2020

Project Type

Senior Honors Thesis

College or School

CHHS

Department

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Program or Major

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science

First Advisor

Jill Thorson

Second Advisor

Kathryn Greenslade

Abstract

Over the past 50 years, the lexical nature of young children’s multi-word utterances has been disputed. We ask how socioeconomic status (SES) impacts content and function word usage, and how function word use impacts MLU. Findings show that SES positively correlates with content word production and MLU, which contributes to our knowledge on how SES shapes language and highlights the need for its consideration across settings.

Recommended Citation

Mueller, Serena K., "The Role of Socio-Economic Status on the Language Output of 3-6 year old's during a Naturalistic Museum Study" (2020). Honors Theses and Capstones. 507.
https://scholars.unh.edu/honors/507