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Journal of Child Language Template

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About the Journal of Child Language format

Journal of Child Language is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Language Development and Disorders, Reading and Literacy Development, Child and Animal Learning Development.

PublisherCambridge University Press
Reference styleNumbered
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Journal of Child Language 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inLanguage Development and Disorders Reading and Literacy Development Child and Animal Learning Development Phonetics and Phonology Research Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
ISSN0305-0009
Citation impact (2-yr)1.57
h-index167
i10-index1,725
Total citations138,268
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Manchester
Journal websitejournals.cambridge.org
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Papers published in Journal of Child Language per year

77
2014
86
2015
79
2016
57
2017
62
2018
92
2019
78
2020
99
2021
77
2022
77
2023
70
2024
81
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Child Language by publication year

2.2K
2014
3K
2015
2.9K
2016
1.1K
2017
1.1K
2018
1.8K
2019
1.2K
2020
1.2K
2021
482
2022
509
2023
177
2024
91
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Child Language

The ontogenesis of speech acts

Jerome S. Bruner · 1 Apr 1975

ABSTRACT A speech act approach to the transition from pre-linguistic to linguistic communication is adopted in order to consider language in relation to behaviour generally and to allow for an emphasis on the USE of language rather than on its form. The structure of language is seen as non-arbitrary in that it reflects both attention…

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The achievement and antecedents of labelling

Anat Ninio, Jerome S. Bruner · 1 Feb 1978

ABSTRACT The achievement of labelling was investigated in a longitudinal study of one mother–infant dyad, using video-recordings of their free play in a period between 0; 8 and 1; 6. Analysis of joint picture-book reading revealed that this activity had very early on the structure of a dialogue. The child's lexical labels might be regarded…

1,016 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Dual language exposure and early bilingual development

Erika Hoff, Cynthia Core, Silvia Place et al. · 22 Mar 2011

The extant literature includes conflicting assertions regarding the influence of bilingualism on the rate of language development. The present study compared the language development of equivalently high-SES samples of bilingually and monolingually developing children from 1 ; 10 to 2 ; 6. The monolingually developing children were significantly more advanced than the bilingually developing children…

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Developing language in a developing body: the relationship between motor development and language development

Jana M. Iverson · 25 Jan 2010

ABSTRACTDuring the first eighteen months of life, infants acquire and refine a whole set of new motor skills that significantly change the ways in which the body moves in and interacts with the environment. In this review article, I argue that motor acquisitions provide infants with an opportunity to practice skills relevant to language acquisition…

A cross-language study of prosodic modifications in mothers' and fathers' speech to preverbal infants

Anne Fernald, Traute Taeschner, Judy Dunn et al. · 1 Oct 1989

This study compares the prosodic modifications in mothers' and fathers' speech to preverbal infants in French, Italian, German, Japanese, British English, and American English. At every stage of data collection and analysis, standardized procedures were used to enhance the comparability across data sets that is essential for valid cross-language comparison of the prosodic features of…

Journal of Child Language template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Journal of Child Language use?
Journal of Child Language uses Numbered references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Journal of Child Language 12 (2023) 45–58.
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