Toward a Precision Science of Word Learning: Understanding Individual Vocabulary Pathways
| Autor: | Larissa K. Samuelson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Vocabulary
media_common.quotation_subject Face (sociological concept) Cognition Vocabulary development Article Language development Variation (linguistics) Noun Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Developmental and Educational Psychology Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology Strengths and weaknesses media_common Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child Dev Perspect |
| ISSN: | 1750-8592 |
| Popis: | Toddlers vary widely in the rate at which they develop vocabulary. This variation predicts later language development and school success at the group level; however, we cannot determine which children with slower vocabulary development in the second year will continue to have difficulty. In this article, I argue that this is because we lack theoretical understanding of how multiple processes operate as a system to create individual children’s pathways to word learning. I discuss the difficulties children face when learning even a single concrete noun, the multiple general cognitive processes that support word learning, and some evidence of rapid development in the second year. I present work toward a formal model of the word learning system and how this system changes over time. The long-term goal of this work is to understand how individual children’s strengths and weaknesses create unique vocabulary pathways, and to enable us to predict outcomes and identify effective interventions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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