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Learning words and learning sounds

Advances in language development

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ID5268963
AuthorsMarilyn Vihman (0000-0001-8912-4840, University of York UK, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume108
Issue1
Pages1-27
Publication date2017-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/bjop.12207
PMID27449816
OpenAlexW2490268389
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited151

Phonological development is sometimes seen as a process of learning sounds, or forming phonological categories, and then combining sounds to build words, with the evidence taken largely from studies demonstrating 'perceptual narrowing' in infant speech perception over the first year of life. In contrast, studies of early word production have long provided evidence that holistic word learning may precede the formation of phonological categories. In that account, children begin by matching their existing vocal patterns to adult words, with knowledge of the phonological system emerging from the network of related word forms. Here I review evidence from production and then consider how the implicit and explicit learning mechanisms assumed by the complementary memory systems model might be understood as reconciling the two approaches

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Developmental psychology · Language acquisition · Language development · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Language Development and Disorders · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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