Twenty-five years using the intermodal preferential looking paradigm to study language acquisition: What have we learned?
The intermodal preferential looking paradigm (IPLP) has proven to be a revolutionary
method for the examination of infants' emerging language knowledge. In the IPLP, infants' …
method for the examination of infants' emerging language knowledge. In the IPLP, infants' …
Where are the cookies? Two-and three-year-olds use number-marked verbs to anticipate upcoming nouns
We tested toddlers' and adults' predictive use of English subject–verb agreement.
Participants saw pairs of pictures differing in number and kind (eg, one apple, two cookies) …
Participants saw pairs of pictures differing in number and kind (eg, one apple, two cookies) …
Sentence-position effects on children's perception and production of English third person singular–s
Purpose Two-year-olds produce third person singular–s more accurately on verbs in
sentence-final position as compared with verbs in sentence-medial position. This study was …
sentence-final position as compared with verbs in sentence-medial position. This study was …
A “bat” is easier to learn than a “tab”: Effects of relative phonotactic frequency on infant word learning
N Gonzalez-Gomez, S Poltrock, T Nazzi - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Many studies have shown that during the first year of life infants start learning the prosodic,
phonetic and phonotactic properties of their native language. In parallel, infants start …
phonetic and phonotactic properties of their native language. In parallel, infants start …
Is children's comprehension of subject–verb agreement universally late? Comparative evidence from French, English, and Spanish
Previous research has suggested that comprehension of agreement morphology is
surprisingly late (eg compared to production), prompting explanations attributing acquisition …
surprisingly late (eg compared to production), prompting explanations attributing acquisition …
Perceptual salience and structural ambiguity resolution
This study investigates whether the perceptual salience of grammatical morphemes
influences the online processing of temporarily ambiguous sentences during adult first …
influences the online processing of temporarily ambiguous sentences during adult first …
Agarra, agarran: Evidence of early comprehension of subject–verb agreement in Spanish
Studies across many languages (eg, Dutch, English, Farsi, Spanish, Xhosa) have failed to
show early acquisition of subject–verb (SV) agreement, whereas recent studies on French …
show early acquisition of subject–verb (SV) agreement, whereas recent studies on French …
Tracking irregular morphophonological dependencies in natural language: Evidence from the acquisition of subject-verb agreement in French
T Nazzi, I Barrière, L Goyet, S Kresh, G Legendre - Cognition, 2011 - Elsevier
This study examines French-learning infants' sensitivity to grammatical non-adjacent
dependencies involving subject-verb agreement (eg, le/les garçons lit/lisent 'the boy (s) read …
dependencies involving subject-verb agreement (eg, le/les garçons lit/lisent 'the boy (s) read …
Develo** knowledge of nonadjacent dependencies.
J Culbertson, E Koulaguina… - Developmental …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Characterizing the nature of linguistic representations and how they emerge during early
development is a central goal in the cognitive science of language. One area in which this …
development is a central goal in the cognitive science of language. One area in which this …
Czech 23-month-olds use gender agreement to anticipate upcoming nouns
F Smolík, V Bláhová - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Children acquiring Dutch, French, and Spanish can use gender of articles to
facilitate the processing of upcoming nouns. The current study examined whether a similar …
facilitate the processing of upcoming nouns. The current study examined whether a similar …