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van den Broek, Gesa S. E.; Takashima, Atsuko; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Language Learning, 2018
Learning new vocabulary from context typically requires multiple encounters during which word meaning can be retrieved from memory or inferred from context. We compared the effect of memory retrieval and context inferences on short- and long-term retention in three experiments. Participants studied novel words and then practiced the words either…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Context Effect, Vocabulary Development, Memory
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de Zeeuw, Marlies; Verhoeven, Ludo; Schreuder, Robert – Language Learning, 2012
This study examined to what extent young second language (L2) learners showed morphological family size effects in L2 word recognition and whether the effects were grade-level related. Turkish-Dutch bilingual children (L2) and Dutch (first language, L1) children from second, fourth, and sixth grade performed a Dutch lexical decision task on words…
Descriptors: Evidence, Semantics, Second Language Learning, Word Recognition