Do Children Really Acquire Dense Neighbourhoods?

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Samuel David; Brandt, Silke
Titel	Do Children Really Acquire Dense Neighbourhoods?
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 46 (2019) 6, S.1260-1273 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000919000473
Schlagwörter	Child Language; Language Acquisition; Phonology; Vocabulary Development; English; Word Recognition; Word Frequency + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Fonologie; Wortschatzarbeit; English language; Englisch; Worterkennung; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit
Abstract	Children learn high phonological neighbourhood density words more easily than low phonological neighbourhood density words (Storkel, 2004). However, the strength of this effect relative to alternative predictors of word acquisition is unclear. We addressed this issue using communicative inventory data from 300 British English-speaking children aged 12 to 25 months. Using Bayesian regression, we modelled word understanding and production as a function of: (i) phonological neighbourhood density, (ii) frequency, (iii) length, (iv) babiness, (v) concreteness, (vi) valence, (vii) arousal, and (viii) dominance. Phonological neighbourhood density predicted word production but not word comprehension, and this effect was stronger in younger children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01