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The features and developmental effects of child\u2010directed speech may vary depending on the child's developmental status and communicative needs, especially in clinical risk conditions such as preterm birth.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study examined maternal child\u2010directed speech in a semi\u2010structured context, focusing on prosodic cues (mean pitch, pitch range, and speech rate) and structural features (lexical diversity, verbosity, and syntactic complexity) in preterm (PT) and full\u2010term (FT) 18\u2010month\u2010old toddlers interacting with their mothers. We explored (a) differences in child\u2010directed speech between PT and FT groups, (b) the modulation of prosody based on word familiarity, and (c) associations between child\u2010directed speech characteristics, children's attentional engagement (visual exploration of familiar\/unfamiliar objects), and vocabulary skills.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and Procedures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Forty\u2010three mother\u2013child dyads (20 PT, 23 FT) participated in the study. Maternal speech was transcribed and analysed for linguistic features, while target word tokens were acoustically analysed with PRAAT for prosodic measures. Child visual exploration of objects was coded from video recordings, and vocabulary skills were assessed using validated measures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcomes and Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All mothers modulated prosody to highlight novel words, using higher pitch, wider pitch range, and slower speech rate for unfamiliar versus familiar referents. Mothers of FT children produced more frequent and lexically diverse speech compared to PT counterparts, though verbosity did not differ between groups. In the FT group, slower maternal speech rate was associated with reduced visual exploration of objects, suggesting dynamic adaptations to children's attention. No such association was found in PT dyads. In the PT group, receptive vocabulary index was positively correlated with maternal verbosity, lexical diversity and syntactic complexity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and Implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings highlight both shared and group\u2010specific patterns in maternal child\u2010directed speech effects. While prosodic adjustments to word familiarity are preserved in PT dyads, structural aspects of maternal input appear more closely linked to receptive vocabulary in PT children, possibly reflecting adaptive scaffolding strategies. These results underscore the importance of considering both prosodic and structural features of child\u2010directed speech and child conditions in informing targeted early interventions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>What is already known on this subject<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>CDS is essential for early language acquisition by enhancing attention and vocabulary. However, CDS characteristics may vary with child developmental status, and little is known about differences in maternal speech between preterm and full\u2010term toddlers in relation to word learning.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>What this paper adds to existing knowledge<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Both preterm and full\u2010term mothers modulate prosody to mark unfamiliar words, yet full\u2010term mothers use more frequent and lexically diverse speech. Structural aspects of maternal input correlate more strongly with receptive vocabulary in preterm children, indicating possible adaptive strategies.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work?<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>These results support the need for early interventions tailored to preterm children that target both prosodic and structural features of maternal speech to optimise language development.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/1460-6984.70178","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,29]],"date-time":"2025-12-29T02:42:32Z","timestamp":1766976152000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Prosodic and Linguistic Features of Child\u2010Directed Speech in Word Learning Contexts: A Comparison Between Preterm and Full\u2010Term Children"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0352-3459","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandra","family":"Provera","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Developmental Psychobiology Lab IRCCS Mondino Foundation  Pavia Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7273-6138","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elena","family":"Capelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences University of Pavia  Pavia Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2394-8465","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandra","family":"Raspanti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Developmental Psychobiology Lab IRCCS Mondino Foundation  Pavia Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sara","family":"Belloni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences University of Pavia  Pavia Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Martina","family":"Collura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences University of Pavia  Pavia Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4608-6180","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stefania","family":"Marconi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo  Pavia Italy"},{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture University of Pavia  Pavia Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-5346-0746","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria Letizia","family":"Minniti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences University of Pavia  Pavia Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0621-155X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stefano","family":"Ghirardello","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo  Pavia Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7424-8744","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Livio","family":"Provenzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Developmental Psychobiology Lab IRCCS Mondino Foundation  Pavia Italy"},{"name":"Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences University of Pavia  Pavia Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_13_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.DBP.0000452240.39511.d4"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpeds.2010.10.032"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18869\/acadpub.hnmj.27.1.53"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(12)60820-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_6_1","unstructured":"Boersma P. andD.Weenink.2005.Praat: Doing Phonetics by Computer (version 4.3. 14). 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