book · 1995 · en
Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children
Hart, B., Risley, T. R.
Paul H. Brookes, Baltimore
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Síntesis
Longitudinal study popularizing the "30 million word gap" between
higher- and lower-SES households. Influential in early-language
policy but later replications and critiques caution against
deficit framing and overstating the gap.
Etapas
0-1, 1-3, 3-6
Dominios
language, cognitive-development
Tags
language-input · sociolinguistic · classic · controversial
Afirmaciones que citan esta fuente (1)
claim-30m-word-gap-contested
The 'word gap' between low- and high-SES children exists but is smaller and more heterogeneous than Hart & Risley (1995) suggested; cross-cultural and within-SES variability is substantial.