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Learning New Words: Phonotactic Probability in Language Development.
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Storkel, Holly L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2001
Thirty-four typically developing children (ages 3-6) participated in a multi-trial word-learning task involving nonwords of varying phonotactic probability. Results indicated that common sound sequences were learned more rapidly than rare sound sequences across form and referent learning. Also, phonotactic probability appeared to influence the…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Learning Experience, Phonology, Vocabulary Development
Validity of a Parent Report Measure of Vocabulary and Syntax for Preschool Children with Language Impairment.
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Thal, Donna J.; O'Hanlon, Laureen; Clemmons, Mary; Fralin, LaShon – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1999
Two studies examined the validity of parent report for measuring language in children with specific language delay using the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories for comparison. Results suggest that parent report appears to be valid for measuring language production skills in this population. Validity was strongest for vocabulary…
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Preschool Children
Word-Learning by Preschoolers with Specific Language Impairment: What Predicts Success?
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Gray, Shelley – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
This study examined the relationship between fast mapping and word learning and between comprehension and production of new words with 30 young children with specific language impairment (SLI). Results suggest that children with SLI may need to hear a new word twice as many times as other children before comprehending and independently using the…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Preschool Children
Speech, Vocabulary, and the Education of Children Using Cochlear Implants: Oral or Total Communication?.
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Connor, Carol McDonald; Hieber, Sara; Arts, H. Alexander; Zwolan, Teresa A. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
This study examined the relationship between the teaching method, oral or total communication, used at children's schools and children's consonant-production accuracy and vocabulary development over time. The children (N=147) had used cochlear implants for between 6 months and 10 years. Results indicated a complex relationship among children's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cochlear Implants, Deafness