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Horvath, Sabrina; Kueser, Justin B.; Kelly, Jaelyn; Borovsky, Arielle – Language Learning and Development, 2022
While semantic and syntactic properties of verb meaning can impact the success of verb learning at a single age, developmental changes in how these factors influence acquisition are largely unexplored. We ask whether the impact of syntactic and semantic properties on verb vocabulary development varies with age and language ability for toddlers…
Descriptors: Syntax, Semantics, Toddlers, Verbs
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Borovsky, Arielle; Elman, Jeffrey L.; Kutas, Marta – Language Learning and Development, 2012
We investigated the impact of contextual constraint on the integration of novel word meanings into semantic memory. Adults read strongly or weakly constraining sentences ending in known or unknown (novel) words as scalp-recorded electrical brain activity was recorded. Word knowledge was assessed via a lexical decision task in which recently seen…
Descriptors: Semantics, Memory, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Young Adults