Basotho children's early development of speech

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Title:	Basotho children's early development of speech
Author:	Connelly, Michael
Year:	1987
Periodical:	African Studies
Volume:	46
Issue:	2
Pages:	229-239
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Lesotho
Subjects:	children Sotho child development languages Anthropology and Archaeology Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1080/00020188708707676
Abstract:	It is generally accepted that children of all languages and cultures develop speech at roughly the same age. However, a large body of research data the author collected on Basotho children's development suggests very strongly that language development among the children of that society takes place at an earlier age than in Europe and the United States. This claim is based on a pseudo-longitudinal study of the speech development of four Basotho children, made in Lesotho in 1982 and 1983. The major focus of the study was on the children's development of noun morphology but a number of unforeseen factors obtruded themselves in the course of the study, one of which, the children's apparent early development of speech, is discussed in this paper. Bibliogr.