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Shimpi, Priya M.; Fedewa, Alicia; Hans, Sydney – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
The relation of social and linguistic input measures to early vocabulary development was examined in 30 low-income African American mother-infant pairs. Observations were conducted when the child was 0 years, 1 month (0;1), 0;4, 0;8, 1;0, 1;6, and 2;0. Maternal input was coded for word types and tokens, contingent responsiveness, and…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Correlation, Longitudinal Studies, Child Language
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Foy, Judith G.; Mann, Virginia A. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
Neighborhood density influences adult performance on several word processing tasks. Some studies show age-related effects of density on children's performance, reflecting a developmental restructuring of the mental lexicon from holistic into segmental representations that may play a role in phonological awareness. To further investigate density…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Age Differences, Adults, Comparative Analysis
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Berent, Gerald P.; Kelly, Ronald R.; Schueler-Choukairi, Tanya – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
English sentences containing the universal quantifiers "each", "every", and "all" are highly complex structures in view of the subtleties of their scope properties and resulting ambiguities. This study explored the acquisition of universal quantifier sentences as reflected in the performance of three diverse college-level student groups on a…
Descriptors: Sentences, Semantics, Nouns, Deafness
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Margaret Lahey; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1992
Analyzed 104 language samples obtained from 42 different normal language learning children at 15, 19, and 35 months of age for the proportional use of 11 grammatical morphemes. Wide variability was found among the samples in the proportional use of each morpheme. (49 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences, Language Handicaps
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Fernandez, Eva M. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
Understanding the mechanisms learners use to process target language input is crucial to developing a complete model of both first language (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition. If adult L2 learners are found to process the target language with mechanisms that differ from those used by child L1 learners and adult native speakers, what…
Descriptors: Evidence, Syntax, Second Languages, Adult Basic Education