Purpose Orthographic knowledge refers to the information that is stored in memory that tells
us how to represent spoken language in written form. Unfortunately, terms used to talk about …

Two lexical characteristics that have emerged as relevant predictors of spoken word
processing are word frequency and neighborhood density. Word frequencyis the number of …

A work that reveals the profound links between the evolution, acquisition, and processing of
language, and proposes a new integrative framework for the language sciences. Language …

Describes patterns of general communication development and of English specificity,
emphasizing individual patterns. This edition devotes more attention to individual …

This article presents a theoretical framework designed to accommodate core evidence that
the abilities to repeat nonwords and to learn the phonological forms of new words are …

If first language is rational in the sense that acquisition produces an end-state model of
language that is a proper reflection of input and that optimally prepares speakers for …

Children learn words through an accumulation of interactions grounded in context. Although
many factors in the learning environment have been shown to contribute to word learning in …

Phonotactic probability refers to the frequency with which phonological segments and
sequences of phonological segments occur in words in a given language. We describe one …

Adults' performance on a variety of tasks suggests that phonological processing of nonwords
is grounded in generalizations about sublexical patterns over all known words. A small body …

Purpose Vocabulary assessment holds promise as a way to identify young bilingual children
at risk for language delay. This study compares 2 measures of vocabulary in a group of …