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Gatt, Daniela; Grech, Helen; Dodd, Barbara – First Language, 2014
Investigations of early vocabulary production often employ a single method to measure children's word use. This study examined expressive vocabulary development in children aged 1;0-2;6 years through a combination of picture naming, caregiver report and language sampling. The participants were predominantly exposed to Maltese at home, with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expressive Language, Vocabulary Development, Toddlers
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Isacoff, Nora M.; Stromswold, Karin – First Language, 2014
Lexical access tasks are designed to measure efficiency of lexical access, but task demands and methods vary greatly. Many lexical access tasks do not account for confounding factors including competence in other linguistic abilities. In this study, preschoolers were given two lexical access tasks. In the single-category naming (SCN) task,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Naming, Language Tests, Syntax