Children with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) form a highly
heterogeneous group, including those with an unexplained delay in language development …

Purpose The current meta-analysis provides a quantitative overview of published and
unpublished studies on statistical learning in the auditory verbal domain in people with and …

Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

NOW PUBLISHED BY PLURAL! This classic text now in its tenth edition and now available
from Plural Publishing, The Development of Language continues its focus on language …

Background Two main phenomena characterise early word learning: a rapid vocabulary
growth and a significant improvement in speed of lexical processing (for vocabulary growth …

Lexical skills are a crucial component of language comprehension and production. This
paper reviews evidence for lexical-level deficits in children and young people with …

Analysing language characteristics and understanding their dynamics is the key for a
successful intervention by speech and language therapists (SLT). Thus, this review aims to …

Purpose To determine whether word learning problems associated with developmental
language impairment (LI) reflect deficits in encoding or subsequent remembering of forms …

Background Deficits in procedural memory have been proposed to account for the language
deficits in specific language impairment (SLI). A key aspect of the procedural deficit …

This study tested the predictions of the procedural deficit hypothesis by investigating the
relationship between sequential statistical learning and two aspects of lexical ability, lexical …