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In a typical hour, the average child hears:

At the Daycare Trust 25th Anniversary Lecture, 'Creating a More Equaland Productive Britain', US economist and Nobel laureate James Heckmanreminded delegates of the vocabulary gap between the social classes.

Welfare: 616

Professional: 2,153

Working Class: 1,251

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