Triggering word learning in children with Language Impairment
The effect of phonotactic probability and neighbourhood density
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20368705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cristina Mckean (0000-0001-9058-9813, Newcastle University, corresponding author), Carolyn Letts (0000-0002-0719-3752, Newcastle University), David Howard (0000-0001-9141-5751, Newcastle University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1224-1248 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305000913000445 |
| PMID | 24191951 |
| PMCID | PMC4181292 |
| OpenAlex | W2017416653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 55 |
The effect of phonotactic probability (PP) and neighbourhood density (ND) on triggering word learning was examined in children with Language Impairment (3;04–6;09) and compared to Typically Developing children. Nonwords, varying PP and ND orthogonally, were presented in a story context and their learning tested using a referent identification task. Group comparisons with receptive vocabulary as a covariate found no group differences in overall scores or in the influence of PP or ND. Therefore, there was no evidence of atypical lexical or phonological processing. ‘Convergent’ PP/ND (High PP/High ND; Low PP/Low ND) was optimal for word learning in both groups. This bias interacted with vocabulary knowledge. ‘Divergent’ PP/ND word scores (High PP/Low ND; Low PP/High ND) were positively correlated with vocabulary so the ‘divergence disadvantage’ reduced as vocabulary knowledge grew; an interaction hypothesized to represent developmental changes in lexical–phonological processing linked to the emergence of phonological representations
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Language acquisition · Language development · Lexicon · Linguistics · Phonology · Phonotactics · Psycholinguistics · Vocabulary · Vocabulary development · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |