Do children really acquire dense neighbourhoods?

Jones, Sam and Brandt, Silke (2019) Do children really acquire dense neighbourhoods? Journal of Child Language, 46 (6). pp. 1260-1273. ISSN 0305-0009

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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.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Child Language
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-child-language/article/do-children-really-acquire-dense-neighbourhoods/5EC4F9FCCF86F035FCBA046B6A2CEB68 The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal of Child Language, 46 (6), pp 1260-1273 2019, © 2019 Cambridge University Press.
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?? linguistics and languagelanguage and linguisticspsychology(all)experimental and cognitive psychologydevelopmental and educational psychology ??
ID Code:
134672
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Deposited On:
22 Jun 2019 09:16
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Yes
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