Brown stages of language development
E768643
framework in developmental psycholinguistics
model of grammatical development
morphosyntactic development scale
Brown stages of language development are a widely used framework in developmental psycholinguistics that outlines the typical sequence and complexity of young children's grammatical growth.
All labels observed (1)
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| Brown stages of language development canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brown stages of language development Context triple: [Roger Brown, knownFor, Brown stages of language development]
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A.
The Development of Language
The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
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B.
The Way to Language
"The Way to Language" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of language as the medium through which being and thought are disclosed.
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C.
The Psycho-Biology of Language
The Psycho-Biology of Language is a seminal work by linguist George K. Zipf that explores statistical patterns in language use and their relation to human behavior, introducing what became known as Zipf's law.
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D.
Growing a Language
"Growing a Language" is a well-known talk and essay by computer scientist Guy L. Steele Jr. that uses a constrained English vocabulary to illustrate principles of language design and extensibility in programming languages.
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E.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brown stages of language development Target entity description: Brown stages of language development are a widely used framework in developmental psycholinguistics that outlines the typical sequence and complexity of young children's grammatical growth.
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A.
The Development of Language
The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
-
B.
The Way to Language
"The Way to Language" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of language as the medium through which being and thought are disclosed.
-
C.
The Psycho-Biology of Language
The Psycho-Biology of Language is a seminal work by linguist George K. Zipf that explores statistical patterns in language use and their relation to human behavior, introducing what became known as Zipf's law.
-
D.
Growing a Language
"Growing a Language" is a well-known talk and essay by computer scientist Guy L. Steele Jr. that uses a constrained English vocabulary to illustrate principles of language design and extensibility in programming languages.
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E.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
framework in developmental psycholinguistics
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model of grammatical development ⓘ morphosyntactic development scale ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MLU-based stages ⓘ |
| appliesTo | English-speaking children ⓘ |
| assumes |
gradual increase in utterance length
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systematic emergence of grammatical morphemes ⓘ |
| basedOn | mean length of utterance ⓘ |
| describes | typical sequence of grammatical growth ⓘ |
| developedBy | Roger Brown ⓘ |
| field |
developmental psycholinguistics
ⓘ
language acquisition ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
early child language
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grammatical development in children ⓘ |
| hasLimitation |
less directly applicable to older children
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primarily based on monolingual English data ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Brown Stage I
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Brown Stage II ⓘ Brown Stage III ⓘ Brown Stage IV ⓘ Brown Stage V ⓘ Brown Stage V+ ⓘ |
| includesConcept |
bound morphemes
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free morphemes ⓘ obligatory grammatical morphemes ⓘ |
| influenced |
clinical language sampling protocols
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norm-referenced language assessments ⓘ speech-language pathology practice ⓘ subsequent models of grammatical development ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| measures | grammatical complexity ⓘ |
| organizedBy | mean length of utterance in morphemes ⓘ |
| originalDataCollectedBy | Roger Brown ⓘ |
| originalDataCollectedFrom |
Adam
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Eve ⓘ Sarah ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | longitudinal studies of three children ⓘ |
| publication | A First Language: The Early Stages ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Brown’s 14 grammatical morphemes
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developmental language norms ⓘ language sample analysis ⓘ |
| timeFrame | approximately 12 to 60 months of age ⓘ |
| usedBy |
developmental psychologists
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early childhood educators ⓘ linguists ⓘ speech-language pathologists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
clinical assessment of language delay
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describing morphosyntactic milestones ⓘ research on language acquisition ⓘ |
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