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Esta progress\u00e3o foi verificada anteriormente em crian\u00e7as falantes de Ingl\u00eas dos EUA e de Portugu\u00eas do Brasil, embora no Portugu\u00eas Europeu o n\u00famero de palavras seja, no geral, um pouco superior. O desempenho de meninos e meninas foi id\u00eantico. A escolaridade dos pais mostrou ter alguma influ\u00eancia, mas n\u00e3o em todos os grupos et\u00e1rios. Os resultados mostraram uma correla\u00e7\u00e3o positiva e significante com um teste formal de linguagem, tanto na compreens\u00e3o, como na express\u00e3o.CONCLUS\u00c3O:a EME-p \u00e9 uma boa medida de desenvolvimento da linguagem at\u00e9 aos 5 anos. 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