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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Lexical Development"”.
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The Growth of Early Phonological and Lexical Development: A Longitudinal Investigation
"In addition, differences in phonological and lexical measures at 18 months were examined as a function of gender and maternal education. Significant differences were observed for all three of the outcome variables: number of different consonants, number of different words, and the percentage of …
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A longitudinal study of lexical development in young children with autism spectrum disorders
… deficits in communication and delays in language development, but there have been few studies of their vocabulary. This study compared longitudinal parent report data from the MCDI collected for 49 children with ASD over three years with data from the MCDI norms. It focused on three aspects of …
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Need for speed? The role of speed of processing in early lexical development
Contains fulltext : 298207.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Turkish as an immigrant and heritage language in the UK: Effects of exposure and age at onset of bilingualism on grammatical and lexical development of the first language
… a comprehensive picture of the structural and lexical development of Turkish as an immigrant and heritage language in the UK and its predictors. It specifically aims to gain insights into the roles of age at onset of bilingualism (AaO) and quantity/quality of L1 contact in this development by …
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Conceptual and lexical functioning in blind, severely visually impaired and sighted infants
… thesis examines the role of vision in language development by focusing on: first, the understanding blind infants have of objects, actions/events and the way they start to talk about these aspects of their environment; and, second, the ways visual information contributes to conceptual and …
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Interactions of caregiver speech and early word learning in the Speechome corpus : computational explorations
… is the relationship between a child's language development and caregivers' speech? Motivated by these general questions, this thesis comprises a series of computational studies on the fined-grained interactions of caregiver speech and one child's early linguistic development, using the …
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Exploring Early Gesture and Language Development Trends in Sesotho-Speaking Infants (8 to 18 Months)
The period of early language development constitutes a fundamental phase in children’s later language and communication skills, underpinning their ability to express thoughts, regulate emotions and engage socially. Although this process often appears to unfold naturally, many children are at risk …
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A Comparison Of Nonwords And Tier Two Vocabulary Words In Speech Treatment
… current study was to evaluate the role of word lexicality between Tier Two vocabulary (T2) words and nonwords (NWs) in effecting phonological change in children's sound systems. Often children with functional speech sound disorders (SSD) make slow progress in the treatment of their SSD due to …
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Early Lexical and Grammatical Development of Xitsonga Spoken in Giyani, Limpopo Using the Adapted Xitsonga MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Toddlers Form A Preliminary Study
… This study aimed to describe the early lexical and grammar development of Xitsonga-speaking children, aged 16 to 32 months. The study objectives were to describe 1) the outcomes of the adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (MB-CDI) for Xitsonga speakers 2) …
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Dual returnees: discordant harmonious bilingualism
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms