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Galit Ben-Zvi; Hadass Landau; Dorit Ravid – First Language, 2025
We investigate the development of text reconstruction abilities in Hebrew-speaking children, with a particular focus on verbal passive constructions. The acquisition of verbal passives in Hebrew is a late developmental milestone, closely tied to the expression of event semantics. The current study explores how narrative and informative text genres…
Descriptors: Hebrew, Native Language, Language Acquisition, Semantics
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Kail, Robert V.; Miller, Carol A. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2006
As children develop, they process information more rapidly. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether processing speed in the language domain develops at the same rate as global processing speed. A second aim was to determine the stability of processing speed throughout childhood and adolescence. Children (N = 116) were tested on 10…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing