Abstract
The present research is a first investigation of the development of receptive and expressive vocabulary in Greek-speaking children, aged 0;6-3;6 years, who were characterized as late-talkers (LT) due to a significant deviation of their vocabulary scores from the mean score of their typically-developing peers (TD). The present work is part of a larger project concerning the greek adaptation of a parent questionnaire named Cypriot–Greek Lexical Acquisition Checklist (CYLEX) (Petinou, Hadzigeorgiou & Minaidou, 1999). Within-group comparisons between receptive and expressive vocabulary are drawn for both LT and TD children. In addition, the influence of demographic factors on vocabulary scores, such as gender and parental education level, was examined. The comparison across type of vocabulary revealed that receptive vocabulary develops prior to expressive in both groups, however, late-talkers have a disproportionately low expressive lexical development as compared to receptive. Moreover, the differences in vocabulary scores among LT and TD children are discussed as a function of demographic characteristics.
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