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Conwell, Erin; Auen, Amanda – Child Development, 2021
Acquisition of an argument structure may be affected by the diversity of lexical types that appear in that structure (Conwell et al., 2011; Yang, 2016). Seventy-two 5- and 6-year-old English-speaking children completed a learning study where they were exposed to a novel argument structure and then tested on their ability to comprehend it. The…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Teaching Methods, Language Processing
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Wong, Simpson W. L.; Cheung, Him; Zheng, Mo; Yang, Xiujie; McBride, Catherine; Ho, Connie Suk-Han; Leung, Judy Sze-Man; Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin; Waye, Mary Miu Yee – Child Development, 2020
Vocabulary knowledge was tested in a native (Cantonese-Chinese) and foreign (English) language in 150 twins and 150 singletons aged 6-11 years, matched on age, gender, grade level, nonverbal intelligence, parents' education, family income, and number of siblings and household members. The singletons clearly outperformed the twins on the native…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Native Language, Sino Tibetan Languages, Chinese
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Kaushanskaya, Margarita; Crespo, Kimberly – Child Development, 2019
This study investigated whether the effect of exposure to code-switching on bilingual children's language performance varied depending on verbal working memory (WM). A large sample of school-aged Spanish-English bilingual children (N = 174, Mage = 7.78) was recruited, and children were administered language measures in English and Spanish. The…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Correlation
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Botting, Nicola; Jones, Anna; Marshall, Chloe; Denmark, Tanya; Atkinson, Joanna; Morgan, Gary – Child Development, 2017
Studies have suggested that language and executive function (EF) are strongly associated. Indeed, the two are difficult to separate, and it is particularly difficult to determine whether one skill is more dependent on the other. Deafness provides a unique opportunity to disentangle these skills because in this case, language difficulties have a…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Language Impairments, Language Tests, Task Analysis
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Kidd, Evan; Arciuli, Joanne – Child Development, 2016
Variability in children's language acquisition is likely due to a number of cognitive and social variables. The current study investigated whether individual differences in statistical learning (SL), which has been implicated in language acquisition, independently predicted 6- to 8-year-old's comprehension of syntax. Sixty-eight (N = 68)…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Prediction, Syntax, English
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Miller, Hilary E.; Vlach, Haley A.; Simmering, Vanessa R. – Child Development, 2017
Prior research has investigated the relation between children's language and spatial cognition by assessing the quantity of children's spatial word production, with limited attention to the context in which children use such words. This study tested whether 4-year-olds children's (N = 41, primarily white middle class) adaptive use of task-relevant…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Spatial Ability, Child Language, Preschool Children
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Lüke, Carina; Grimminger, Angela; Rohlfing, Katharina J.; Liszkowski, Ulf; Ritterfeld, Ute – Child Development, 2017
Early identification of primary language delay is crucial to implement effective prevention programs. Available screening instruments are based on parents' reports and have only insufficient predictive validity. This study employed observational measures of preverbal infants' gestural communication to test its predictive validity for identifying…
Descriptors: Infants, Identification, Language Impairments, Developmental Delays
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Washbrook, Elizabeth; Waldfogel, Jane; Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Ghanghro, Ali A. – Child Development, 2012
In spite of important differences in some of the resources immigrant parents have to invest in their children, and in immigrant selection rules and settlement policies, there are significant similarities in the relative positions of 4- and 5-year-old children of immigrants in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Children…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Official Languages, Child Development
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Windsor, Jennifer; Benigno, Joann P.; Wing, Christine A.; Carroll, Patrick J.; Koga, Sebastian F.; Nelson, Charles A., III; Fox, Nathan A.; Zeanah, Charles H. – Child Development, 2011
This report examines 174 young children's language outcomes in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, the first randomized trial of foster placement after institutional care. Age of foster placement was highly correlated with language outcomes. Placement by 15 months led to similar expressive and receptive language test scores as typical age…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Placement, Delayed Speech, Language Tests