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Yukun Yu; Naomi Havron; Cynthia Fisher – Language Learning, 2025
In a recent study, preschoolers adapted their syntactic expectations about a familiar phrase in French; this adaptation affected later word learning. In two experiments, we probed the generality of this finding by replicating the experiment and extending it to a different expression in English. We examined the ambiguous phrase "the…
Descriptors: French, Syntax, Preschool Children, Nouns
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Hélène Delage; Emily Stanford; Pauline Garnier; Emilie Oriol; Eléonore Morin – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2025
Purpose: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have persistent language difficulties in complex syntax. To date, few studies have examined the effectiveness of syntactic training focusing on complex grammar, with no existing studies having been done in French. In English, the SHAPE CODING (SC) system, which combines shapes and colors…
Descriptors: French, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments