How do infants build a semantic system?

SJ Styles, K Plunkett - Language and Cognition, 2009 - cambridge.org
Do infants learn their early words in semantic isolation? Or do they integrate new words into
an inter-connected semantic system? In an infant-friendly adaptation of the adult lexical …

Learning to Read Connections—Sensitivity to Collocation Frequency Links Vocabulary Size and Reading Comprehension in Middle Childhood

AMA Schmitterer, C Gawrilow… - Reading Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The collocation frequency of words in the language environment contributes to early
vocabulary development. Vocabulary size, in turn, predicts children's reading …

Does sequence of presentation matter in reading comprehension? a model based analysis of semantic concept network growth during reading

JI Khan, MS Hardas - 2013 IEEE Seventh International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Though not completely natural, reading is one of the most common means of learning for
modern humans. In this paper we present an interesting study how the presentation …

How to Build a Toddler Lexicon: The Importance of Representative Data Sources

JM Weber - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The present thesis models young children's vocabulary acquisition using different semantic
network structures in hopes of better understanding the underlying cognitive representations …

Segmentation and integration in text comprehension: A model of concept network growth

MS Hardas - 2012 - rave.ohiolink.edu
Text comprehension (understanding by reading) is a fundamental way in which people will
learn about the world around them. During text comprehension the reader segments the …

From cat to dog: Investigating organisation in the infant lexicon

S Styles - 2009 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Do infants learn their early words in isolation? Or do they integrate new words into an inter-
connected semantic system? Between the ages of one and two, infants develop a …