This volume outlines a model of language that can be characterized as functionalist, usage-
based, dynamic, and complex-adaptive. The core idea is that linguistic structure is not stable …

Word learning is a crucial aspect of human development that depends on the formation and
consolidation of novel memory traces. In this paper, we critically review the behavioural …

Reading affords opportunities for L2 vocabulary acquisition. Empirical research into the
pace and trajectory of this acquisition has both theoretical and applied value. Charting the …

We introduce the blueprint of the Ontogenesis Model of the L2 Lexical Representation (OM)
that focuses on the development of lexical representations. The OM has three dimensions …

Successful learning involves integrating new material into existing memory networks. A
learning procedure known as fast mapping (FM), thought to simulate the word-learning …

Purpose The goal of this study was to provide guidance to clinicians on early benchmarks of
successful word learning in an interactive book reading treatment and to examine how …

Novel words can be recalled immediately and after little exposure, but require a post-
learning consolidation period to show word-like behaviour such as lexical competition. This …

When a novel word is learned, its memory representation is thought to undergo a process of
consolidation and integration. In this study, we tested whether the neural representations of …

We know that from mid-childhood onwards most new words are learned implicitly via
reading; however, most word learning studies have taught novel items explicitly. We …

The complementary learning systems account of word learning states that novel words, like
other types of memories, undergo an offline consolidation process during which they are …