To evaluate which features of spoken language aid infant word learning, a corpus of infant‐
directed speech (MR Brent & JM Siskind, 2001) was characterized on several linguistic …

Purpose To explore the efficacy of a word learning intervention for late-talking toddlers that
is based on principles of cross-situational statistical learning. Methods Four late-talking …

Purpose In typical development, distributional cues—patterns in input—are related to
language acquisition processes. Statistical and implicit learning refer to the utilization of …

We explored how phonological network structure influences the age of words' first
appearance in children's (14–50 months) speech, using a large, longitudinal corpus of …

Purpose This study examined the effect of Vocabulary Acquisition and Usage for Late
Talkers (VAULT) treatment on toddlers' expressive vocabulary and phonology. Parent …

Children learn high phonological neighbourhood density words more easily than low
phonological neighbourhood density words (Storkel, 2004). However, the strength of this …

Purpose: Assessing toddlers' speech is challenging. We explored responses made by late
talkers and their typically developing peers in structured speech sampling contexts and …

This study examines the relation between lexical and phonological variables in 40 French-
speaking children, aged 2; 5. Specifically, it examines the influence of phonetic complexity …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify variability in word-learning mechanisms used
by late-talking children using a longitudinal study design, which may explain variability in …

Purpose Vocabulary is a domain of particular challenge for many children with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). Recent research has drawn attention to ways in which lexical …