Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
| Language Acquisition | 3 |
| Language Processing | 3 |
| Oral Language | 3 |
| Foreign Countries | 2 |
| Child Development | 1 |
| Child Language | 1 |
| Cognitive Development | 1 |
| Comprehension | 1 |
| Correlation | 1 |
| Infants | 1 |
| Japanese | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Child Development | 3 |
Author
| Akhtar, Nameera | 1 |
| Caselli, Maria Cristina | 1 |
| Haryu, Etsuko | 1 |
| Imai, Mutsumi | 1 |
| Rinaldi, Pasquale | 1 |
| Stefanini, Silvia | 1 |
| Volterra, Virginia | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
Education Level
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkCaselli, Maria Cristina; Rinaldi, Pasquale; Stefanini, Silvia; Volterra, Virginia – Child Development, 2012
Data from 492 Italian infants (8-18 months) were collected with the parental questionnaire MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories to describe early actions and gestures (A-G) "vocabulary" and its relation with spoken vocabulary in both comprehension and production. A-G were more strongly correlated with word comprehension…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Object Manipulation, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary
Peer reviewedAkhtar, Nameera; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined two-year-olds' word learning. In one study, adults modeled the new word for an object novel to the children; in another, the object was novel only for the adult. Subjects displayed significant learning of new words in both settings, suggesting that toddlers understand that novelty in a discourse setting is determined from the speaker's…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Oral Language
Peer reviewedHaryu, Etsuko; Imai, Mutsumi – Child Development, 2002
Three studies investigated how 3-year-old Japanese children interpret the meaning of a new word associated with a familiar artifact. Findings suggest that children flexibly recruit clues from multiple sources, including shape information and function familiarity, but the clues are weighed in hierarchical order so children can determine the single…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Japanese, Language Acquisition
